services

convocation dawning graduation initiation kickoff onset outset

admission alpha birth bow celebration countdown dawn genesis opener opening start

curtain-raiser proem starting point tee off

conclusion end ending finish

death

cessation completion stop

burial cremation

entombment inhumation interment obit planting requiem sepulture solemnities

exequies funeration last rites obsequies

baptism christening

Sacrament observance rite ritual

celebration ceremonial form formality formula service