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hearse

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noun

ˈhərs How to pronounce hearse (audio)
1
a
: an elaborate framework erected over a coffin or tomb to which memorial verses or epitaphs are attached
b
: a triangular candelabra for 15 candles used especially at Tenebrae
2
a
archaic : coffin
b
obsolete : bier sense 1
3
: a vehicle for conveying the dead to the grave

hearse

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verb

hearsed; hearsing

transitive verb

1
a
archaic : to place on or in a hearse
b
: to convey in a hearse
2
: bury

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The Evolution of Hearse

Medieval French used the word herce for a harrow, a farm tool used to break up and smooth the soil. Herce was also applied to a triangular frame that was used for holding candles. Herce was borrowed into Middle English as herse. In those days, a large and decorative framework might be raised over the tomb or coffin of an honored person. Because this framework was often decorated with candles, the word herse was applied to it. A series of slightly changed meanings led to the use of herse (Modern English hearse) for a platform for a corpse or coffin, and from that to a vehicle to carry the dead. The verb hearse emerged late in the 16th century.

Synonyms

Verb

Example Sentences

Verb the cemetery hearses an average of eight bodies a week
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
On Tuesday night, thousands braved a typical London drizzle as the hearse, with interior lights illuminating the casket, drove slowly from an air base to Buckingham Palace. Mike Corder, Jill Lawless And Danica Kirka, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Sep. 2022 On Tuesday night, thousands braved a typical London drizzle as the hearse, with interior lights illuminating the casket, drove slowly from an air base to Buckingham Palace. Mike Corder, Chicago Tribune, 14 Sep. 2022 Pallbearers carry the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II from St. Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Tuesday to a hearse to be transported to Edinburgh Airport. Alexander Smith, NBC News, 13 Sep. 2022 Jason Arnie Owens helped carry his father’s casket to the hearse, then turned to embrace a relative. John Raby, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2022 As the casket was lowered into the grave, the funeral director suddenly interjected, ordering the cemetery employees to lift it back out and return it to the hearse. James Bikales, Washington Post, 27 July 2022 Motorcycle policemen led the way as the hearse headed to the city, where the body was examined at a private mortuary before being taken to St. James's Palace. People Staff, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2022 The hearse traveled through Tokyo's main political district, Nagata-cho, where Abe spent more than three decades after being first elected to parliament in 1991. Mari Yamaguchi, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2022 Following a funeral ceremony that included only family members and close friends, a hearse took Abe’s body through downtown Tokyo, the country’s capital. Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 12 July 2022
Verb
Once on the freeway, the escort was assumed by a veterans motorcycle organization, in front and back of the white Cadillac hearse all the way to Hull’s Walnut Creek Chapel. Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Aug. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English herse, from Anglo-French herce harrow, frame for holding candles, from Latin hirpic-, hirpex harrow

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb

1592, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of hearse was in the 14th century

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