17
burial(noun, wake, ceremony, interment, laying)
12
inhumation(noun, ceremony, interment, burial)
12
interment(noun, ceremony, interment)
12
sepulture(noun, ceremony, interment)
11
entombment(noun, ceremony, interment)
11
obsequies(noun, ceremony, interment, spiritual-mindedness)
9
exequies(noun, ceremony, interment, groundskeeping)
6
cremation(noun, ceremony, interment)
6
requiem(noun, ceremony)
6
wake(noun, interment, spiritual-mindedness)
5
cortege
5
dirge
5
funereal
5
mournful
5
vigil(noun, wake)
4
bury(verb, interment)
4
dismal(adjective, sad, mournful)
4
mortuary
4
sepulchral
3
burying(noun, interment)
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