funerary
adjective
fu·ner·ary
ˈfyü-nə-ˌrer-ē 
: of, used for, or associated with burial
a pharaoh's funerary chamber
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Paleoanthropologists have once again sparked a debate after suggesting that a long-extinct human relative may have buried its dead more than 120,000 years before modern humans started funerary practices.
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Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2025
Other tools found in the gravesites appear to be brand new and were buried with the dead during funerary rites.
—Sarah Durn, Popular Science, 11 Sep. 2025
For example, there are funerary rituals that involve removing skulls or disarticulating the bodies, which would leave marks on the bones, but the authors note this would typically only affect between 1 to 5 percent of the remains.
—ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2025
Per the statement, earlier excavations had revealed arrowheads at the cave site, but archaeologists were unsure whether these weapons were funerary goods or projectiles responsible for fatal injuries.
—Aurora Martínez, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 July 2025
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Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2025
Other tools found in the gravesites appear to be brand new and were buried with the dead during funerary rites.
—Sarah Durn, Popular Science, 11 Sep. 2025
For example, there are funerary rituals that involve removing skulls or disarticulating the bodies, which would leave marks on the bones, but the authors note this would typically only affect between 1 to 5 percent of the remains.
—ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2025
Per the statement, earlier excavations had revealed arrowheads at the cave site, but archaeologists were unsure whether these weapons were funerary goods or projectiles responsible for fatal injuries.
—Aurora Martínez, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for funerary
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“Funerary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/funerary. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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