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Soheil1 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

Service

Hi.
What does service mean in:


He is survived by his widow, Michelene Chi, a University of Pittsburgh psychologist, and two children. Services will be private.
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Thanks in advance
  

Top answer

the funeral ceremony

— Clive

  • the funeral ceremony
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the funeral ceremony
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Services here is related to serious ceremonial events (usually) led by an official. It is usually religious in nature.

eg.
He attends Friday prayer service at the mosque every week.
Where can we attend Unitarian services when we are in Moscow?
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You both mean funerals are religious?
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The word service(s) usually implies religious in nature.
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soheil1You both mean funerals are religious?
Funerals usually follow the traditions of the deceased, and the services are conducted by a leader of their faith in that tradition, with readings from the sacred scriptures of that faith.

If the deceased was an atheist, then the services are conducted by a sensitive secular leader with readings from some
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Humanist/atheist funerals tend to be called ceremonies rather than services.
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