Emily Dickinson Lexicon

FU'NER-AL, n. [It. funerale; Fr. funerailles; from L. funus, from funale, a cord, a torch, from funis, a rope or cord, as torches were made of cords, and were used in burials among the Romans.]

1. Burial; the ceremony of burying a dead human body; the solemnization of interment; obsequies.
2. The procession of persons attending the burial of the dead. Pope.
3. Burial; interment Denham.