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FUNERAL DIRECTING EXAM STUDY GUIDEAcknowledgment Cards - Answers- Cards of recognition sent to friends for kindness
shown to deceased's family.
Acolyte - Answers- An alter attendant.
Adaptive Funeral Rite - Answers- A funeral rite that is adjusted to the needs and wants
of those directly involved; one which has been altered to suit the trends of the times
After Care - Answers- A call made on the surviving relatives after the funeral service by
the funeral director or an assistant.
Altar - Answers- An elevated place or structure on which sacrifices are offered or at
which religious rites are performed; in the Christian faith,
Ambulance - Answers- An automobile properly equipped for transporting the sick or
injured.
Apprentice (Trainee Intern) - Answers- A person registered for instruction in embalming
and/or funeral directing under the supervision of an authorized licensed embalmer
and/or funeral director
Archbishop - Answers- In the Roman Catholic faith, the head of the archdiocese.
Archdiocese - Answers- A geographic grouping of dioceses in the Roman Catholic
Faith.
Aron - Answers- Hebrew meaning container; a casket made entirely of wood and
contains no metal parts.
Arrangement Form - Answers- A printed form the funeral director uses in planning the
details of a funeral service with the family or friends of the deceased.
Arrangement Room - Answers- A private room in the funeral home or mortuary used
specifically for the funeral director and the family
Arrangements Conference - Answers- The meeting between the funeral director and
the client's family during which the funeral arrangements are discussed.
Artificial Grass - Answers- An imitation of grass made in mat form and used at the
cemetery to cover the earth around the grave.
Autopsy (Necropsy) - Answers- The examination of a remains for the purpose of
ascertaining the cause of death (post-mortem examination; necropsy).
,Bar Minen - Answers- Hebrew term for the deceased
Bereavement - Answers- That event producing acute deprivation and loss due to death
of one in whom emotional capital has been invested.
Bier - Answers- (From the old English "bear," a stretcher to convey the remains or
casket.) A large structure which can not be collapsed into a smaller size and is used to
hold the casket or casketed remains during a funeral ceremony
Bishop - Answers- In the Roman Catholic faith, the head of a diocese.
Brother - Answers- In the Roman Catholic faith, a man who is a member of a religious
order without being ordained or while preparing for ordination.
Burial - Answers- Placing of a remains in an underground chamber; earth burial. See
Interment.
Burial-Transit Permit (Disposition Permit) - Answers- A legal document, issued by a
governmental agency, authorizing transportation and/or disposition of a dead human
body.
Cadaver - Answers- A dead human body intended solely for scientific study and
dissection.
Calling Hours (Visiting Hours) - Answers- Time at which the family and friends may view
the deceased.
Candelabrum - Answers- A large ornamental candlestick holder with several branches,
and each supporting a candle.
Canopy (Cemetery Tent) - Answers- A portable shelter employed to cover the grave
area during the committal.
Cantor - Answers- A religious singer who assists the clergy; assists the Rabbi in the
Jewish faith; assists the Priest in the Eastern Orthodox faith.
Cardinal - Answers- In the Roman Catholic faith, a dignity conferred upon Bishops
making them Princes of the Church.
Cash Advance - Answers- Payment made by the funeral home to another business or
person on the family's behalf.
Casket - Answers- (From the French "casse," a chest of valuable possessions); a case
or receptacle into which human
, Casket Bearer (Pallbearer) - Answers- One who actively bears or carries the casket
during the funeral service and at the committal service.
Casket Selection Room - Answers- A room in the funeral home in which caskets are
placed for family viewing at the time of arrangements.
Casket Spray - Answers- A floral arrangement which is designed to be placed on the
top of a casket.
Casket Standard - Answers- The stand or support upon which the casket rests.
Catacombs - Answers- An underground cemetery for burial purposes.
Catafalque - Answers- A rigid movable standard upon which the casket rests during the
funeral service and/or while laying in state.
Celebrant - Answers- The officiant who celebrates the Mass in the Roman Catholic
Church.
Cemetery - Answers- An area of ground set aside and dedicated for the final disposition
of dead human bodies.
Cemetery Tent - Answers- See Canopy.
Cenotaph - Answers- (From the Greek "Kenos" (empty) plus "Taphos" (tomb); a
monument erected to the memory of the dead, but containing no remains.
Ceremony - Answers- Similar to ritual but it may, or may not, have symbolic content.
Ceremony (Ritual) - Answers- An instrumental action dealing with death, that is also
expressional and that may or may not be charged with symbolic content expressing,
among other things, the attitudes of the participants and possible onlookers
Certified Copy of Death Certificate - Answers- A legal copy of the original death
certificate.
Chancel - Answers- The place about the altar of the church, usually enclosed for clergy
and other officials; the sanctuary and choir.
Chanting - Answers- The singing or intoning of all or portions of liturgical service.
Chapel - Answers- A building or designated area of a building in which services are
conducted.
Chaplain - Answers- An ecclesiastic attached to the military or to the chapel of an
institution.
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