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prayer for the dead

funerary prayers for deceased people
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prayer for the dead
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prayer for the dead

Summary

prayer for the dead ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (393 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • prayer for the dead is a type of prayer[2].
  • prayer for the dead's Commons category is recorded as Prayer for the dead[3].
  • prayer for the dead's facet of is recorded as dead human[4].
  • prayer for the dead's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[5].
  • prayer for the dead's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[6].

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Definition and Type

prayer for the dead is a type of prayer[2].

Why It Matters

prayer for the dead ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (393 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → prayer
    Facet of → dead human
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007533819605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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