Hearse

Word HEARSE
Character 6
Hyphenation hearse
Pronunciations /hɜːs/

Definitions and meanings of "Hearse"

What do we mean by hearse?

A vehicle for conveying a coffin to a church or cemetery. noun

A triangular candelabrum used at Tenebrae during Holy Week. noun

A framelike structure over a coffin or tomb on which to hang epitaphs. noun

To put on or in a hearse.

A canopy, usually of openwork or trellis, set. over a bier, or more rarely over a permanent tomb, and used especially to support candles which were lighted at times of ceremony. noun

A bier; a bier with a coffin. noun

A carriage for conveying a dead person to the grave. The usual modern form has an oblongroofed body, often with glass sides, and a door at the back for the insertion of the coffin. noun

A temporary monument erected over a grave. noun

A dirge or threnody, or a solemn recital or chant. noun

In heraldry, a charge resembling a portcullis or a harrow. noun

A Scotch form of hoarse.

A hind in the second year of its age. noun

A framework of wood or metal placed over the coffin or tomb of a deceased person, and covered with a pall; also, a temporary canopy bearing wax lights and set up in a church, under which the coffin was placed during the funeral ceremonies. noun

A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument. noun

A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave. noun

A carriage or motor vehicle specially adapted or used for conveying the dead to the grave in a coffin. noun

To inclose in a hearse; to entomb. transitive verb

A hind in the second year of its age. noun

A framework of wood or metal placed over the coffin or tomb of a deceased person, and covered with a pall; also, a temporary canopy bearing wax lights and set up in a church, under which the coffin was placed during the funeral ceremonies. noun

A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument. noun

A hind (female deer) in the second year of her age.

A framework of wood or metal placed over the coffin or tomb of a deceased person, and covered with a pall; also, a temporary canopy bearing wax lights and set up in a church, under which the coffin was placed during the funeral ceremonies.

A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument.

A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave.

A carriage or vehicle specially adapted or used for transporting a dead person to the place of funeral or to the grave.

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The word "hearse" in example sentences

For thy hearse to strew the ways, "he has a note to tell us that _hearse_ is not to be taken" in our sense of a carriage for the dead, but in the older sense of a tomb or framework over a tomb, "though the obvious meaning is" to strew the ways for thy hearse. " ❋ James Russell Lowell (1855)

Kids, parents, educators and politicians alike are just beginning to sense that the hearse is at the back door. ❋ John M. Eger (2010)

Elsensohn's body tomorrow as it travels by hearse from the airport to ❋ Unknown (2010)

You had to choose between 3 cars, a beetle, the hearse from the movie or a pink sports car. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Then, the last remaining candle on the hearse is placed upon the altar, to represent the Passion and sacrificial death of Christ; finally, it is hidden behind the altar, to represent His Burial. ❋ Unknown (2009)

From Bob, apropos of my posting about station wagons: A hearse is the ultimate cross-over vehicle. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The man replied, “Well that first hearse is for my wife.” ❋ Unknown (2002)

To dream of black-beetles drawing a hearse is bad. ❋ Unknown (1920)

The Rifle Corps of Ely, Wisbeach, March, Ramsey, and Whittlesey were represented at their own request, and with arms reversed preceded the hearse from the station to St. Mary's Church, and thence to the cemetery. ❋ Unknown (1903)

The lofty groves of pine frowned down in hearse-like gloom upon the mighty river, and the deep stillness of the night, broken alone by its hoarse wailings, filled my mind with sad forebodings, – alas! too prophetic of the future. ❋ Unknown (1852)

Participants then strapped a fake coffin representing the "death of education" to the top of their "hearse" - a 1966 cream-colored Volvo 122 S station wagon. ❋ THE NEWS TRIBUNE (2010)

I held that final salute until the hearse was a black dot on the horizon, and he was really gone. ❋ Lori Armstrong (2011)

It seemed that the hearse was the best all rounder as you needed to keep some cash spare for your equipment. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The lead car after the hearse was a stretch limo that contained only one party, a pseudo-cousin who May had turned into an honorary son. ❋ Jack Canfield (2010)

I've already sent three to the graveyard, and even if their hearse was a recycling truck, it's still a disheartening to think that the vehicle of my virtual data has such a tangible effect on the planet. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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