unveiling
Pronunciations
| unveiling | (uhn-VEIL-ling) | listen |
Definitions
n. The ceremony marking the placing of a deceased person's headstone one year after his or her burial.
Example Sentences
"We're going to the cemetery next week for the unveiling."
"My mother’s headstone unveiling is in two weeks. I was planning to wear a dark suit, but my aunt hinted that that might be overly formal since the ceremony is, in part, about 'moving on with life.'" (source)
Languages of Origin
- English
Who Uses This
- Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
- Jews: Jews of diverse religious backgrounds and organizational involvements
Regions
- North America
- South Africa
- Australia / New Zealand
Dictionaries
- The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
- Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).
Notes
See also stone setting and matzeva.
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