похороны — meaning in English

English meaning

• burial noun The act of placing a dead body into the ground.
• funeral noun A ceremony held to honor someone who has died, typically with the body present.

Senses

похороны is used for these senses in English:

• burial The act of burying; interment; placing remains into the earth.
• funeral A ceremony to honor and remember a deceased person, often distinguished from a memorial service by the presence of the body of the deceased.
• obsequies (pluralonly) Funeral rites.

funeral — full definition

1. noun A ceremony held to honor someone who has died, typically with the body present.
2. noun A sermon delivered as part of such a ceremony.

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