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verbpass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
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"upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren"nounthe event of dying or departure from lifetype of:
Definition that contains decease
- dowager a widow holding property received from her deceased husband
- cryonics the freezing of a seriously ill or recently deceased person to stop tissues from decomposing; the body is preserved until new medical cures are developed that might bring the person back to life
- canonization (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints
- beatification (Roman Catholic Church) an act of the Pope who declares that a deceased person lived a holy life and is worthy of public veneration; a first step toward canonization
- canonisation (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints
- inheritance tax a tax on the estate of the deceased person
- funeral parlor a mortuary where those who knew the deceased can come to pay their last respects
- death benefit insurance or pension money payable to a beneficiary of a deceased
- funeral chapel a mortuary where those who knew the deceased can come to pay their last respects
- mass card (Roman Catholic Church) a card sent to a bereaved family that says the sender has arranged for a Mass to be said in memory of the deceased