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wake

vigil held over the dead before burial
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wake

Summary

wake ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (759 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • wake is a type of rite of passage[2].
  • wake's Commons category is recorded as Wakes (ceremonies)[3].
  • wake's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[4].
  • wake's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[5].
  • wake's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[6].
  • wake's described by source is recorded as The American Cyclopædia[7].
  • wake's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].

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Definition and Type

wake is a type of rite of passage[2].

Why It Matters

wake ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (759 views/month).[1] wake has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] wake is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23d ago · Shahf14 · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Described by source → Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +2
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → rite of passage
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q189819]]"
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