funeralist

plural funeralists

1. rareA funeral director; one who arranges a funeral, often after preparing a body for it.

   Preparations went on apace, and the great day dawned, clear and sunshiny as the most enthusiastic funeralist could desire.

   1909, Triangulating Peace: Democracy, Interdependence, and International Organizations, volume 10 (edited by Bruce M. Russett, John R. Oneal)

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   I am not here to fulfil the office of his funeralist, his biographer, or his eulogist. These duties either have been or will be discharged by others. I am here only as the interpreter of his monument.

   1880, Thomas M. Finney, The life and labors of Enoch Mather Marvin, late bishop, page 807

   Cosmetic art is often applied by professional funeralists to reduce signs of the illness or trauma associated with the death.

   2004, Robert Kastenbaum, On our way: the final passage through life and death, page 263