adjective
definition
Of or relating to a funeral.
definition
Similar to a funeral in mood; dignified or solemn.
Examples of funereal in a Sentence
These latter, however, tend to be funereal rather than uplifting.
The romantic element increased, solemn funereal statues show husband and wife hand in hand; and it culminated under Akhenaton, who is seen kissing his wife in the chariot, or dancing her on his knee.
The songs almost all have a slow, almost funereal, gothique feel to them, setting up an atmosphere of gloom.
Turner's vision remains as vital today, expressing as it does the often inchoate and funereal qualities of the Venetian experience.
I looked round and observed eight or ten huge ostriches stalking toward me with slow funereal gait.
A number of chapters contained in the later recensions are already found on the sarcophagi of the Middle Kingdom, together with a host of funereal texts not usually reckoned as belonging to the Book of the Dead; these have been published by Lepsius and Lacau.
In proportion as the prosperity of the land increased, and the advance of civilization afforded the technical means, so did these primitive burials give place to a more lavish funereal equipment.
The ujterior meaning of the decoration is probably religious and funereal, but the objects which are figured must have been familiar.
The explanation of this would seem to lie in the fact that the relics are in most cases the paraphernalia of tombs, the funereal vessels and vases, and iron being considered an impure metal by the ancient Egyptians it was never used in their manufacture of these or for any religious purposes.
The religious compositions which have survived are, as a rule, hymns and litanies, the funereal service, the " Book of the Dead."
Hence the demon is laid to rest by burning the serpent-image with due funereal rites.