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n. 1 A ceremony to honor a deceased person; a funeral. 2 An informal service honoring a deceased person, especially one that does not adhere to the traditional customs of a funeral.
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A memorial service ( Greek: μνημόσυνον, mnemósynon, "memorial"; Slavonic: панvхида, panikhída, from Greek παννυχίς, pannychis, " vigil"; Romanian: parastas, from Greek παραστάς, parastas) is a liturgical solemn service for the repose of the departed in the Eastern Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic churches which follow the Byzantine Rite.
Usage examples of "memorial service".
Do I understand that your only public appearance has been at that deplorably mistaken memorial service?
The Trevors had arrived only a day earlier after completing their Washington debriefings, at the hands of the Park Service Police and the Secret Service, and after attending a memorial service for their friend, Saundra McPherson, who had been killed last week in the attacks.
This memorial service was turning out to be just what she feared most, a heartfelt tribute to a person who had gone before his time.
He still got occasional e-mails about what a fine speech he'd delivered at the memorial service for Jim Huang, who was one of Parkers former assistants.
However a Memorial Service will be held in the chapel of the Jordan Funeral Home this coming Tuesday at 3.
Catherine's Church at the memorial service last Saturday morning, seated not far from the pew where Emily was sitting.
Olive sat beside Giogi on the driver's seat, partly to keep him company and partly to avoid the crush of food boxes they'd been volunteered to take up to the temple for that evening's memorial service.
But the truth was, the memorial service day was not the worst kind.