funeral

ceremony for a person who has died
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funeral

Summary

funeral ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,594 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • funeral is a type of rite[2].
  • funeral is a type of occurrence[3].
  • funeral is part of funeral rite[4].
  • funeral's Commons category is recorded as Funerals[5].
  • funeral comprises burial[6].
  • funeral comprises cremation[7].
  • funeral comprises burial at sea[8].
  • funeral comprises unmarked grave[9].
  • funeral comprises burial tree[10].
  • funeral comprises funeral invoice[11].
  • funeral comprises coffin[12].
  • funeral comprises tombstone[13].
  • funeral comprises hearse[14].
  • funeral comprises funeral procession[15].
  • funeral's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Funerals[16].
  • funeral's Commons gallery is recorded as Funeral[17].
  • funeral's depicted by is recorded as Funeral of St. Jerome[18].
  • funeral's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[19].
  • funeral's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20].
  • funeral's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21].
  • funeral's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[22].
  • funeral's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23].
  • funeral's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[24].
  • funeral's described by source is recorded as Dictionnaire Infernal[25].
  • funeral's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include rite[2] and occurrence[3].

Use and Application

Components include burial[6], an occurrence[27], founded in -100000[28]; cremation[7], a disposal of human corpses[29]; burial at sea[8], a burial method[30]; unmarked grave[9]; burial tree[10]; and funeral invoice[11], an invoice[31]. funeral is part of funeral rite[4].

Influence

Things named for funeral include funeral potatoes[32].

Why It Matters

funeral ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,594 views/month).[1] funeral has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] funeral is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Entities named for funeral include funeral potatoes[32].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  25. [26] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [32] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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