Definition of Funeral parlor

1. Noun. A mortuary where those who knew the deceased can come to pay their last respects.


Definition of Funeral parlor

1. Noun. (American English) a mortuary or funeral home ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Funeral Parlor

funebrious
funemployed
funemployment
funeral
funeral-director
funeral-home
funeral-parlor
funeral-residence
funeral chapel
funeral church
funeral director
funeral directors
funeral home
funeral homes
funeral march
funeral parlor (current term)
funeral parlors
funeral parlour
funeral pyre
funeral rites
funeral sermons
funeral undertaker
funeralist
funeralists
funeralize
funeralized
funeralizes
funeralizing
funerals
funerary

Literary usage of Funeral parlor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Representations of Violence: Art about the Sierra Leone Civil War by Patrick K. Muana, Chris Corcoran, Russell D. Feingold (2005)
"... the name of the proprietress of a funeral parlor where corpses are embalmed. The transposition of the task done to the name, namely injecting drugs, ..."

2. The Practices and Procedures of the Investigating Services of the Deparment edited by Strom Thurmond (1998)
"Jones funeral parlor in Jacksonville states there were no marks on the body and if his hands had BB holes, the embalming fluid would come out and ..."

3. Selling Used Books Online: The Complete Guide to Bookselling at Amazon's by Stephen Windwalker (2002)
"... Newman's down and out non-recovering alcoholic gets bounced out of the funeral parlor onto the street for shamelessly working one too many wakes and ..."

4. Snake Walkers by J. Everett Prewitt (2005)
"Thompson's house was like a funeral parlor. What happened, and why was he there? Apprehensive, Raymond could only sit silently as his uncle gently closed ..."

5. Political Murder and Reform in Colombia: The Violence Continues by Juan E. Méndez, Americas Watch Committee (U.S.) (1992)
"Army troops took the bodies to a funeral parlor called Foronda, in Barrancabermeja, and claimed they, too, were guerrillas. On September 27, 1990 Jos6 ..."

6. My American Diary by Clare Sheridan (1922)
""They all have souls—that are almost living." "This Hall looks like a funeral parlor." "If I had the money I would buy them all, ..."

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