funerary
adjective
fu·ner·ary
ˈfyü-nə-ˌrer-ē 
: of, used for, or associated with burial
a pharaoh's funerary chamber
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They were afforded rituals that mirrored human funerary practices.
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Earlier the same day, Prairie Island Indian Community cultural resource workers completed preparations for the return of ancestral remains, along with hundreds of funerary items.
—Melissa Olson, Twin Cities, 14 Sep. 2025
Paleoanthropologists have once again sparked a debate after suggesting that a long-extinct human relative may have buried its dead more than 120,000 years before modern humans started funerary practices.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2025
Other tools found in the gravesites appear to be brand new and were buried with the dead during funerary rites.
—Sarah Durn, Popular Science, 11 Sep. 2025
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Earlier the same day, Prairie Island Indian Community cultural resource workers completed preparations for the return of ancestral remains, along with hundreds of funerary items.
—Melissa Olson, Twin Cities, 14 Sep. 2025
Paleoanthropologists have once again sparked a debate after suggesting that a long-extinct human relative may have buried its dead more than 120,000 years before modern humans started funerary practices.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2025
Other tools found in the gravesites appear to be brand new and were buried with the dead during funerary rites.
—Sarah Durn, Popular Science, 11 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for funerary
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“Funerary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/funerary. Accessed 23 Sep. 2025.
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