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Descriptor English: Funeral Rites
Descriptor Spanish: Ritos Fúnebres
Descriptor ritos funerarios
Entry term(s) costumbres funerarias
ritos mortuorios
Scope note: Costumbres y ceremonias relacionados con la muerte.
Descriptor Portuguese: Rituais Fúnebres
Descriptor French: Rites funéraires
Entry term(s): Custom, Mortuary
Customs, Mortuary
Funeral Rite
Mortuary Custom
Mortuary Customs
Rite, Funeral
Rites, Funeral
Tree number(s): I01.076.201.450.550
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005655
Scope note: Those customs and ceremonies pertaining to the dead.
Annotation: specify geographic term if pertinent
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
HI history
PX psychology
Public MeSH Note: 83; was see under MORTUARY CUSTOMS 1963-82; MORTUARY CUSTOMS was heading 1963-82
Online Note: use FUNERAL RITES to search MORTUARY CUSTOMS 1966-82
History Note: 83(75); was see under MORTUARY CUSTOMS 1963-82; MORTUARY CUSTOMS was heading 1963-82
DeCS ID: 5791
Unique ID: D005655
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Date Established: 1983/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/03/08
Funeral Rites - Preferred
Concept UI M0008887
Scope note Those customs and ceremonies pertaining to the dead.
Preferred term Funeral Rites
Entry term(s) Funeral Rite
Rite, Funeral
Rites, Funeral
Mortuary Customs - Broader
Concept UI M0008888
Preferred term Mortuary Customs
Entry term(s) Custom, Mortuary
Customs, Mortuary
Mortuary Custom



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