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FUNERAL DIRECTING FINAL EXAM
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FUNERAL DIRECTING FINAL EXAMAcknowledgment cards - Answers- Cards of thanks and recognition sent to friends for
kindness shown to a deceased family
Acolyte - Answers- An altar 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
Aftercare (post funeral follow up) - Answers- Those appropriate and helpful acts of
counseling personal and written contact that come after the funeral
Allah - Answers- In the Islam faith, the name for God
Altar - Answers- An elevated place or structure on which sacrifices are offered or at
which religious rites are preformed; in the Christian faith, a table on which the Eucharist
or holy communion is offered
Alternative container - Answers- An unfinished wood box or other non metal receptacle
or enclosure without ornamentation or a fixed interior lining, which is designed for the
encasement of human remains and which made of fiberboard, pressed-wood,
composition materials (with or without an outside covering) or like materials
Apostille - Answers- Certification/ legalization of a document for international use
(under terms of the 1961 Hague Convention)
Bishop - Answers- Faith, the head of a diocese; in the LDS faith, bishop of the ward is
leader of a single congregation
Bonze - Answers- The title of the Buddhist priest
Book of dates - Answers- A term used in the Buddhist faith to describe a calendar that
is used to determine an accurate time for casketing the body, services and disposition
Brother - Answers- In the Roman Catholic faith, a man who is a member of a religious
order without being ordained
Brotherhood - Answers- Relating to a social or religious organization
Burial or interment or inhumement - Answers- The act of placing the dead human body
in the ground
Burial- transit permit (disposition permit) - Answers- A legal document, issued by
governmental agency, authorizing transportation and or disposition of a human body
, Calling hours - Answers- Time set aside for friends and relatives to pay respect for the
decreased prior to the funeral service
Canopy or cemetery tent - Answers- A portable shelter employed to cover the grace
area during the committal
Cantor - Answers- A religious singer who assists the clergy: one who assists the Rabbi
in the Jewish faith or one who assists the priest in the Eastern Orthodox faith
Cardinal - Answers- In the Roman Catholic faith bishops who have the right to
participate in papal elections
Casketbearer or pallbearer - Answers- One who actually bears or carries the casket
during the funeral service and at the commit all service
Celebrant - Answers- A person who officiated at a ceremony or rite; the officiant who
celebrates the mass in Roman Catholic Church
Cemetery - Answers- An area of ground set aside and dedicated for the final disposition
of dead human remains
Certified copy of a death certificate - Answers- A legal copy of the original death
certificate
Chancel - Answers- The portion of church surrounding the alter usually enclosing the
clergy; area behind the alter or communion rail
Chapel - Answers- A building or designated area of a building in which services are
conducted
Chaplain - Answers- A person chosen to conduct religious exercises for the military the
chapel of an institution or a fraternal organization
Chevrah Kadisha - Answers- Hebrew meaning "holy society" a group of men or women
from the synagogue who care for dead; may be referred to as "washers" in the past took
care of funeral arrangements and preparations for Jewish funerals
Archbishop - Answers- In the Roman Catholic faith, the head of archdiocese
Aron - Answers- Hebrew meaning container, a casket made entirely of wood with no
metal parts
Arrangement conference - Answers- The meeting between the funeral director and the
client family during which funeral arrangements are discussed
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