as in interment
usually obsequies plural
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
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interment
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Read More: Global Leaders Offer Tributes to Pope Francis According to AP, interment of the pope takes place between the fourth and sixth day after his death.—
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In Little Rock, services were held at Second Presbyterian Church with interment at Roselawn Memorial Cemetery.—
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22 Mar. 2025
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“Obsequy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obsequy. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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