mourners in English

noun
1
a person who attends a funeral as a relative or friend of the dead person.
Family servants acted as pallbearers; the mourners were family and friends of the family.
2
any of a number of drab-colored South American tyrant flycatchers and related birds.
The Pale-bellied Mourner (Rhytipterna immunda) of northern South America is rare in museum collections, virtually unknown in life, and of uncertain generic and familial affinities.
noun
    lamentergriever

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1. The mourners were wailing loudly.

2. How Mourners Can Be Happy

3. Mourners thronged to the funeral.

4. The mourners filed past the coffin.

5. The mourners were dressed in black.

6. And the professional mourners to wail.’

7. Father Martin preached to the assembled mourners.

8. A procession of mourners slowly followed the coffin.

9. But the dolorous town where mourners are going about the street.

10. Now there are many mourners, who burn incense and cry out accusations.

11. The mourners followed the funeral procession, weeping and wailing.

12. I was deeply aware of his melancholy as he stood among the mourners.

13. The dead man's wife and children were the chief mourners.

14. Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral of the two boys.

15. The coffins stood in the baking heat surrounded by mourners.

16. The mourners stood in silent tribute as the coffin was laid to rest.

17. The mourners at the funeral entered the church in single file.

18. 12 The mourners at the funeral entered the church in single file.

19. And, laid to rest: Diana leads the mourners at Earl Spencer's funeral.

20. It is when the koden is received that the register or record of mourners is made.

21. There were no eulogies, only mourners eminently qualified to have given them.

22. Finally, all the mourners take an herb bath prepared by the witch doctor.

23. 17 Mourners gathered to bid farewell to the victims of the plane tragedy.

24. Soldiers also shot at mourners burying the dead at two cemeteries in Bamako.

25. All of the mourners were dressed in black/They were all dressed in black.

26. The crowd of mourners at his funeral bore witness to the great affection in which he was held.

27. The crowd accompanying her may have included additional mourners chanting lamentations and musicians playing mournful tunes.

28. After a speech, the mourners may sing a religious song before another individual stands up to speak.

29. Archelaus kept open house for mourners as the Jewish custom, which reduced many Jews to Beggary, prescribed

30. Archelaus kept open house for mourners as the Jewish custom, which reduced many Jews to Beggary, prescribed

31. There was no service at his funeral: no pallbearers, no priests, no official mourners, no creeping cortege.

32. 7 Mourners are remembering Lady Bird Johnson, the widow of former President Lyndon Baines Johnson will lie in repose until Saturday.

33. After a few embarrassed minutes the mourners slowly departed, leaving Flaubert jammed into the ground at an oblique angle.

34. When a popular public figure dies, crowds of mourners may line up in order to walk past the Bier and pay their respects.

35. Hundreds of police attempted to direct traffic while guarding the more than 300,000 mourners who packed the streets of Jerusalem.

36. As Li Mi had long been loved by his soldiers, many mourners were cried so hard that they spat up blood.

37. • The crowd of mourners at his funeral bore witness to the Affection and respect Stanley had earned through his life and work

38. No mourners followed but an unmarked car appeared in the road and made it impossible for any vehicle to tail the hearse.

39. 8 Mourners recite the Kaddish prayer three times that day, go to synagogue and light a candle that burns for 24 hours.

40. A Token For Mourners: Or The Advice Of Christ To A Distressed Mother, Bewailing The Death Of Her Dear And Only Son (1841)

41. The mourning hall for Laodan was adorned with stateliness and solemnness . His disciples standing on both sides, saluted silently back to the coming mourners.

42. Mourners also gathered for mass inside the Saints Coptic Church in Alexandria to grieve for the victims of an explosion outside the church early Saturday.

43. This literary tradition flourished in antiquity, and its origins date back to the fifth century BC.Orators in antiquity often delivered Consolatory speeches to comfort mourners at funerals

44. A Token For Mourners: Or The Advice Of Christ To A Distressed Mother, Bewailing The Death Of Her Dear And Only Son (1841) [Flavel, John, cecil, richard] on Amazon.com

45. After a quick make-up session, my father-in-law was ready to be placed in the traditional wooden coffin that had a small window on the cover allowing mourners to look at his face.

46. A large number of mourners journeyed to Lieng's home to pay respects in the week following her death, though many were reportedly intercepted on the roads by state security forces.

47. Condoles @HamdanMohammed and Maktoum bin Mohammed, who also accept condolences from the Crown Prince of Ajman, Crown Prince of Umm Al Quwain, members of consular missions in #Dubai and other mourners

48. Heated Clashes between police and mourners broke out Saturday evening in South London when a crowd of people defied the city’s coronavirus lockdown order to mourn the suspected murder of Sarah

49. As he went from funeral to funeral to funeral, he arrived early at a synagogue to spend time with mourners, holding their hands, Avuncularly hugging them and giving words of comfort.

50. When Bo, an 11-year-old champion Black and Tan Coonhound, was laid to rest in October at the Underwood Memorial Coon Dog Cemetery in Tuscumbia, Ala., the Associated Press reported that nearly 400 mourners attended his funeral