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• Casket
  ...describe a container designed to hold the remains of a deceased person for burial or cremation. ...he Latin "cascus", meaning "case". The term began to be used to refer to a burial case in the 19th century in North America.
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• Mortician
  ...the embalming and burial or cremation of the dead, as well as the planning and arrangement of the actual funeral ceremony. ...as a euphemism for an undertaker, to soften the harshness associated with death.
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• Coffin
  ...basket, is a funerary box used for viewing or keeping a corpse, either for burial or cremation. ...r a container that is usually larger than a box, and smaller than a chest, and in the past were typically decorated.
  1 KB (199 words) - 16:24, 4 February 2024
• Burial
  == Burial == '''Burial''' (pronunciation: /ˈberēəl/) is the act of placing a dead body into a g
  1 KB (197 words) - 15:48, 4 February 2024
• Death certificate
  == Death certificate == ...ioner that officially declares the date, location, and cause of a person's death.
  2 KB (305 words) - 23:07, 9 February 2024
• Deathcare
  ...not limited to, [[embalming]], [[funeral services]], [[cremation]], and [[burial]]. ...med from the words "death" and "care". It is used to describe the industry and services related to the care of the deceased.
  2 KB (389 words) - 16:31, 5 February 2024
• Cemetery
  ...ν, "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a burial ground. ...ibe the Roman catacombs in the early Christian era and was widely used for burial grounds from the 18th century onwards.
  1 KB (226 words) - 04:52, 5 February 2024
• Morgue
  ...teenth-century Paris to describe part of the Châtelet used for the storage and identification of unknown corpses. ...gathered, and autopsies are performed to determine the cause and manner of death.
  1 KB (213 words) - 21:12, 4 February 2024
• Undertaking
  ...sion and activities involved in the business of providing funeral, burial, and related services. The term is derived from the practice of "undertaking" th ...when individuals began to take on the responsibility of arranging for the burial or cremation of the deceased, a task previously performed by the family or
  2 KB (226 words) - 23:50, 6 February 2024
• Undertaker
  ...he term originates from the English language, with "under" meaning beneath and "taker" referring to the person who takes care of the deceased. ...o make oneself responsible for". The term was used to denote a contractor, and it is not specific to those who deal with funerals.
  1 KB (224 words) - 14:55, 6 February 2024
• Funeral
  ...is a ceremony connected with the final disposition of a corpse, such as a burial or cremation, with the attendant observances. ...the Latin ''funus'', which had a variety of meanings, including the corpse and the funerary rites themselves.
  1 KB (223 words) - 23:12, 4 February 2024
• Outline of death
  ==Outline of Death== ...e phenomenon of death is a subject of great importance across all cultures and throughout history.
  2 KB (262 words) - 19:33, 11 February 2024
• Death
  == Death == ...egins when the organism's vital functions, such as heartbeat, respiration, and brain activity, cease to function.
  2 KB (239 words) - 04:38, 4 February 2024
• Thanatology
  ...interdisciplinary study offered as a course of study at numerous colleges and universities. ...word "Thanatos" which was the personification of death in Greek mythology, and "logia" which translates to "the study of".
  2 KB (299 words) - 00:04, 7 February 2024
• Mourning
  ...urning''' (/ˈmɔːrnɪŋ/) is the act of expressing grief, typically after the death of a loved one. The term is derived from the Old English 'murnan', which me ...mourn, bemoan, long after'. It is related to the Old High German 'mornen' and the Gothic 'maurnan', both of which also mean 'to mourn'.
  1 KB (172 words) - 20:53, 12 February 2024
• Obituary
  ...local newspapers, an obituary may be published for any local resident upon death. ...uary" comes from the Latin word ''obituarium'', which means "record of the death of a person". The word was first used in the 1700s.
  1 KB (218 words) - 03:57, 14 February 2024
• Funeral director
  ...the embalming and burial or cremation of the dead, as well as the planning and arrangement of the actual funeral ceremony. ...hich had a variety of meanings, including "funeral", "death" and "corpse", and the Latin word "directus", which means "straight" or "direct". The term was
  2 KB (256 words) - 20:24, 9 February 2024
• Crematorium
  ...ad worldwide, with varying acceptance and prevalence depending on cultural and religious beliefs. ...ation in a crematorium involves several steps. First, the body is prepared and placed in a [[Cremation casket|cremation container]]. The container is then
  2 KB (282 words) - 04:00, 14 February 2024
• Cremation
  ...of reducing a dead body to basic chemical compounds, such as gases, ashes and mineral fragments retaining the appearance of dry bone. ...takes two to three hours, resulting in the reduction of the body to ashes and bone fragments.
  1 KB (198 words) - 16:33, 5 February 2024
• Mortuary science
  ...ble for public display at a funeral, for religious reasons, or for medical and scientific purposes such as their use as anatomical specimens. ...the embalming and burial or cremation of the dead, as well as the planning and arrangement of the actual funeral ceremony.
  2 KB (273 words) - 01:41, 13 February 2024

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