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Nov 30, 2009
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hearse



Pronunciation: (hûrs), [key]
n.
1. a vehicle for conveying a dead person to the place of burial.
2. a triangular frame for holding candles, used at the service of Tenebrae in Holy Week.
3. a canopy erected over a tomb.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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