adj. Similar to a funeral, such as dignified or solemn.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Suiting a funeral; pertaining to burial; solemn.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Characteristic of or suitable for a funeral; hence, mournful; dismal; lugubrious; gloomy.
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adj. suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial
Word Usage
"The readings of the first nocturn of Tenebrae are from the Lamentations of Jeremiah and have, in our rite, a special and distinctive "funereal" chant."