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

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hearse
1. A framework of metal bars or rods placed over a tomb or coffin of a noble or very important person.
2. A canopy, usually of openwork or trellis, set over a bier, or more rarely over a permanent tomb; used especially to support candles, lighted at times of ceremony.


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A private ceremony was held at the chapel of rest before a cortege of eight hearses left the base.
A church bell tolled as the cortege of eight hearses drove slowly through the nearby town of Wootton Bassett, with a crowd of thousands standing in tribute.
His first job was with Humphreys Coaches, which also supplied drivers for funeral cars and hearses to 20 local funeral directors.
 
 
 
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