Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Funeral \Fu"ner*al\, a. [LL. funeralis. See {Funeral}, n.]
   Per. taining to a funeral; used at the interment of the dead;
   as, funeral rites, honors, or ceremonies. --Shak.

   {Funeral pile}, a structure of combustible material, upon
      which a dead body is placed to be reduced to ashes, as
      part of a funeral rite; a pyre. -- {Fu"ner*al*ly}, adv.
      [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.

Funeral \Fu"ner*al\, n. [LL. funeralia, prop. neut. pl. of
   funeralis of a funeral, fr. L. funus, funeris, funeral: cf.
   F. fun['e]railles.]
   1. The solemn rites used in the disposition of a dead human
      body, whether such disposition be by interment, burning,
      or otherwise; esp., the ceremony or solemnization of
      interment; obsequies; burial; -- formerly used in the
      plural.

            King James his funerals were performed very solemnly
            in the collegiate church at Westminster. --Euller.

   2. The procession attending the burial of the dead; the show
      and accompaniments of an interment. ``The long funerals.''
      --Pope.

   3. A funeral sermon; -- usually in the plural. [Obs.]

            Mr. Giles Lawrence preached his funerals. --South.

Source : WordNet®

funeral
     n : a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated;
         "hundreds of people attended his funeral"