state funeral
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.35 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A public funeral ceremony held to honour individuals of national significance.
Example Sentences
- "In May 1898, for example, the funeral train of our Mr Gladstone would be brought from his country estate at Hawarden to Westminster station on the District Line via Willesden Junction. One of his biographers notes, 'Victorians saw no indignity in a coffin for a state funeral arriving by Underground.'"