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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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At a memorial service for the Rev. Jesse Jackson, his son Jesse Jr. praised his “consistent prophetic voice.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

In 2024, Moore was banned from the floor of the Georgia state house after he denounced the chamber's late Republican speaker, David Ralston, as "corrupt" during a memorial service.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 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

A public memorial service for the victims is scheduled for Friday morning at Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026

“Boys and girls, I regret to inform you that one of our students has passed on. We will hold a memorial service for Michael Dobson during assembly this Friday.”

From "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky