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memorial service

NOUN

commemoration

Synonyms

STRONGEST

celebration ceremony remembrance tribute

STRONG

custom recognition

WEAK

monumentalization

Antonyms

WEAK

forgetting neglect negligence unobservance

NOUN

last rites

Synonyms

WEAK

burial service exequies extreme unction funeral ceremony funeral rites funeral service last duty last honors last offices obsequies sacrament of the sick viaticum visitation of the sick

NOUN

requiem

Synonyms

STRONG

canticle ceremony chant dirge elegy eulogy liturgy monody psalm ritual sermon threnody worship

WEAK

death song funeral hymn religious song

Example Sentences

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A memorial service will be held at Chapman University.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

At the memorial service, around 200 people gathered.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

On Thursday there was a memorial service for Virgo in his home city at Sheffield Cathedral, a short walk from the Crucible.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

After a memorial service in France and a Cuban state funeral, his ashes were interred in Havana.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

On Tuesday afternoon, Neal Beidleman presided over a memorial service at the Mountain Madness encampment.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer