ABFSE Glossary: History of Funeral Service –
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Adaptive Funeral Funeral rite that is adjusted to the needs and wants of
those directly involved; altered to suit the trends of
the times.
American Board of Funeral Service Organization with responsibility to accredit funeral
Education service and mortuary science programs.
American Monument Association A national trade association representing the major
granite and marble memorial manufacturers and
quarries throughout the United States.
Anthropoid Human shaped; some early coffins were described
as anthropoidal shaped.
Anubis Egyptian god of embalming said to be of human
form with the head of a jackal.
Barber-Surgeon The sole trade permitted to embalm and perform
anatomical dissections in the city of London.
Bier Forerunner of today's hearse; a hand stretcher on
which the uncoffined body was carried to the grave.
Bloodletting Belief or practice of draining a quantity of blood to
cure illness or disease.
Burial Case Generic term used in America to designate all burial
receptacles as new variations of the coffin were
being offered.
, Burial Club Organizations intended to assist people of the
working classes, particularly guild members, to
defray the heavy expenses of the funeral and to
perpetuate the memory of dead friends; costs were
shared by others via weekly collections; were the
forerunners of industrial insurance.
Burial in Woolen Act of 1666 Required that woolen cloth be substituted for linen in
the shroud and lining of the coffin; was an attempt to
shift the use of imported linen to the expanding
paper industry of England and provide customers for
the wool industry. Heavy fines were assessed for
violation; not repealed until 1814.
Burial Vault Outer enclosure for caskets placed in the grave;
originally intended to prevent grave robbery.
Canopic Jars Jars made of alabaster, limestone, basalt, clay, and
other materials used by the early Egyptians to store
viscera of the deceased.
Casket From the French term 'casse' meaning 'jewel box' or
container for something valuable; came into
dominant use in patent literature for burial
receptacles in 1890's in America; a rigid container
which is designed for the encasement of human
remains and which is usually constructed of wood,
metal, fiberglass, plastic, or like material, and
ornamented and lined with fabric (FTC definition); A
case or receptacle in which human remains are
placed for protection, practical utility, and a suitable
memory picture; any box or container of one or more
parts in which a dead human body is placed prior to
interment, entombment, or cremation which may or
may not be permanently interred, entombed, or
cremated with the dead human remains.
Casket & Funeral Supply Association Represents the interests of funeral service suppliers;
of America (CFSAA) its members manufacture or distribute virtually every
type of product used by funeral directors.
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Terms in this set (85)
Adaptive Funeral Funeral rite that is adjusted to the needs and wants of
those directly involved; altered to suit the trends of
the times.
American Board of Funeral Service Organization with responsibility to accredit funeral
Education service and mortuary science programs.
American Monument Association A national trade association representing the major
granite and marble memorial manufacturers and
quarries throughout the United States.
Anthropoid Human shaped; some early coffins were described
as anthropoidal shaped.
Anubis Egyptian god of embalming said to be of human
form with the head of a jackal.
Barber-Surgeon The sole trade permitted to embalm and perform
anatomical dissections in the city of London.
Bier Forerunner of today's hearse; a hand stretcher on
which the uncoffined body was carried to the grave.
Bloodletting Belief or practice of draining a quantity of blood to
cure illness or disease.
Burial Case Generic term used in America to designate all burial
receptacles as new variations of the coffin were
being offered.
, Burial Club Organizations intended to assist people of the
working classes, particularly guild members, to
defray the heavy expenses of the funeral and to
perpetuate the memory of dead friends; costs were
shared by others via weekly collections; were the
forerunners of industrial insurance.
Burial in Woolen Act of 1666 Required that woolen cloth be substituted for linen in
the shroud and lining of the coffin; was an attempt to
shift the use of imported linen to the expanding
paper industry of England and provide customers for
the wool industry. Heavy fines were assessed for
violation; not repealed until 1814.
Burial Vault Outer enclosure for caskets placed in the grave;
originally intended to prevent grave robbery.
Canopic Jars Jars made of alabaster, limestone, basalt, clay, and
other materials used by the early Egyptians to store
viscera of the deceased.
Casket From the French term 'casse' meaning 'jewel box' or
container for something valuable; came into
dominant use in patent literature for burial
receptacles in 1890's in America; a rigid container
which is designed for the encasement of human
remains and which is usually constructed of wood,
metal, fiberglass, plastic, or like material, and
ornamented and lined with fabric (FTC definition); A
case or receptacle in which human remains are
placed for protection, practical utility, and a suitable
memory picture; any box or container of one or more
parts in which a dead human body is placed prior to
interment, entombment, or cremation which may or
may not be permanently interred, entombed, or
cremated with the dead human remains.
Casket & Funeral Supply Association Represents the interests of funeral service suppliers;
of America (CFSAA) its members manufacture or distribute virtually every
type of product used by funeral directors.
