obsequy

usually obsequies pl  the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place the murder victim's father was the chief mourner at the obsequies Synonyms burying, entombing, entombment, inhumation, interment, interring, burial (usually obsequies), sepultureRelated Words embalmment, funeral; immurement, inurnment; reburial, reintermentNear Antonyms cremationAntonyms disinterment, exhumation, unearthing