HEARSE Definition & Meaning

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hearse

[hurs]

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a vehicle for conveying a dead person to the place of burial.
a triangular frame for holding candles, used at the service of Tenebrae in Holy Week.
a canopy erected over a tomb.

hearse

/ ��ɜː�� /

a vehicle, such as a specially designed car or carriage, used to carry a coffin to a place of worship and ultimately to a cemetery or crematorium

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Origin of hearse¹

1250–1300; Middle English herse < Middle French herce a harrow < Latin hirpicem, accusative of hirpex

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Origin of hearse¹

C14: from Old French herce, from Latin hirpex harrow

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He also accompanied Diana, Princess of Wales's hearse at her funeral after her death in 1997.

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There were emotional scenes outside the church after the ceremony as Amen's coffin was driven away in a hearse.

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“Whenever I join a funeral march, I would always find myself walking beside the hearse and people have asked me, why do I do this?” he told Salon.

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Images show glass in the back window of the hearse shattered, with a huge hole in the middle.

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Members of the public applauded as the hearse, carrying a pink glittery coffin, arrived at the church for the service at 10:30 GMT.

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