Funeral Directing quiz 4

Flower room

A room in the funeral home for the receiving and caring of floral tributes.

Memorial Gathering

A scheduled assembly of family and friends following a death.

Receiving Vault

A structure so designed for the temporary storage of bodies which are not to be immediately interred.

Cash Advance Items

Any item of service or merchandise described to a purchaser as a "cash advance," "accommodation," "cash disbursement," or similar term. A cash advance item is also any item obtained from a third party and paid for by the funeral provider on the purchaser's behalf. Cash advance items may include, but are not limited to: cemetery or crematory services; pallbearers; public transportation; clergy honoria; flowers; musicians or singers; nurses; obituary notices; gratuities; and death certificates.

Disposition at Sea/Burial at Sea

Ceremonial produce of disposing of human remains in the ocean, normally performed by navies

green burial

Disposition without the use of toxic chemicals or materials that are not readily biodegradable

Practitioner

Engaged in the practice of a profession or act

Honorary casketbearers

Friends of the family or members of an organization or group who act as an escort or honor guard for the deceased. They do not carry the casket.

Mortician

Funeral director/embalmer

Contemporary Funeral Rite

Funeral observances that reflect present day (modern) influences in lieu of (or in addition to or as part of) the traditional ceremonies.

funeral director

Individual licensed by a state or states to prepare dead human remains, other than embalming, conducts funeral services

Casket Bearer (Pallbearer)

One who actively bears or carries the casket during the funeral service and at the committal service.

Embalmer

One who is licensed by a state or states to disinfect, preserve, and restore the dead human body to a natural life-like appearance

Undertaker

Outdated term which is applied to a funeral Director and or embalmer

Cremation

The reduction of a dead human body to inorganic bone fragments by intense heat in a specifically designed retort or chamber.

Casket Piece

Usually a floral arrangement placed on the casket to adorn it during the services, supplied by either the family, friends, or the funeral home.

Graveside service

a ceremony or ritual, religious or otherwise, conducted at the grave.

Immediate Burial

a disposition of human remains by burial without formal viewing, visitation or ceremony with the body present, except for a graveside service.

Direct cremation

a disposition of human remains by cremation without formal viewing, visitation or ceremony with the body present.

Non-traditional funeral rite

a funeral rite that deviates from the normal or prescribed circumstances of established custom

Traditional Funeral Rite

a funeral rite that follows a prescribed ritual or ceremony that may be dictated either by religious belief or social custom.

Humanistic Funeral

a funeral rite that is in essence devoid of religious connotation

Certified Copy of a Death Certificate

a legal copy of the original death certificate

death certificate

a legal document containing vital statistics, disposition, and final medical information pertaining to the deceased

Death Notice

a newspaper item publicizing the death of a person and giving service details. In some parts of the United States, can contain the same information as an obituary.

Obituary

a notice of someone's death, such as in a newspaper, usually with a brief summary of that person's life, biological sketch

Celebrant

a person who designs and officiates a personalized ceremony or rite; the officiant who celebrates the Mass in the Roman Catholic Church.

Green funeral

deathcare that minimizes the use of energy in service offerings/products and that bans the use of toxic/hazardous materials.

Memorial Service

funeral rites with the body not present

Gratuity (Tip)

gift or small sum of money tendered for a service provided

Statement of Funeral Goods and Services Selected

itemized written statement provided for retention to each person who arranges a funeral or other disposition.

Contemporary

living or happening in the same period

Home funeral

one that takes place within the residence of the deceased as was commonly done in the United States until the mid-20th century.

Informant

one who supplies the vital statistical information concerning the deceased

Burial (interment/inhumement)

the act of placing the dead human body in the ground

Entombment

the placing of remains in a crypt in a mausoleum

Cryonics

the practice of freezing a person who has died of a disease, with the hope of bringing him or her back to life in the future when a cure for the disease has been found

Alkaline hydrolysis

the reduction of a dead human body to essential elements through a water based dissolution process using alkaline chemicals, heat, agitation, and pressure to accelerate natural decomposition

Boutonniere

A button-hole flower.

Cremation Permit

A certificate issued by local government giving their permission for cremation of the deceased

Door Badge

A crepe badge or floral design placed on the door indicating the death of an individual.

Adaptive Funeral Rite

A funeral rite that is adjusted to the needs and wants of those directly involved; one, which have been altered to suit the trends of the times.

Burial-Transit Permit (Disposition Permit)

A legal document, issued by a governmental agency, authorizing transportation and/or disposition of a dead human body.