"funeral door" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: funeral doors [plural]
Etymology: funeral + door from being a door used for funerals Etymology templates: {{compound|en|funeral|door}} funeral + door Head templates: {{en-noun}} funeral door (plural funeral doors)
  1. (US, architecture) a door to the hall or foyer from the parlor to allow for the movement of caskets; from the time when the wealthy would host their wakes and funerals in their own homes. It is a supplementary door to the main doors of the front parlor. The funeral door existed to allow for the dead to move through doors without needing to use the doorways used by the living. Tags: US Categories (topical): Architecture Coordinate_terms: death door (english: an exterior door not connected to exterior stairs or walkways, for use in moving corpses into and out of a house)
    Sense id: en-funeral_door-en-noun-l5Tx5QWq Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Topics: architecture

Inflected forms

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