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Acknowledgment Cards - ANS ✔✔cards of recognition sent to friends for kindness shown to a
deceased's family
Acolyte - ANS ✔✔an alter attendant
Adaptive Funeral Rite - ANS ✔✔a funeral rite that is adjusted to the needs and wants of those
directly involved; one which has been altered to suit the trends of the times
Aftercare (Post-Funeral Follow-Up) - ANS ✔✔those appropriate and helpful acts of counseling
that come after the funeral
Allah - ANS ✔✔in the Islam faith, the name of God
Altar - ANS ✔✔an, an elevated place or structure on which sacrifices are offered or at which
religious rites are performed; in the Christian faith, a table on which the Eucharist or Holy
Communion is offered
Alternative Container - ANS ✔✔an unfinished wood box or other non-metal receptacle or
enclosure, without ornamentation or a fixed interior lining, which is designed for the
encasement of human remains and which is made of fiberboard, pressed-wood, composition
materials (with or without an outside covering) or like materials.
Archbishop - ANS ✔✔in the Roman Catholic faith, the head of an archdicese
,Aron - ANS ✔✔Hebrew word meaning container; a casket made entirely of wood, containing no
metal parts
Arrangements Conference - ANS ✔✔the meeting between the funeral director and the client
family during which the funeral arrangements are discussed
Artificial Grass - ANS ✔✔An imitation of grass made in mat form and used at the cemetery to
cover the earth around the grave.
At-Need Counseling - ANS ✔✔counseling with the family as they select the services and items
of merchansdise in completing arrangments for the funeral service of their choice when a death
has occured
Bishop - ANS ✔✔leader of multiple churches in a particular denomination; in the Roman
Catholic faith, the head of a diocese; in the LDS (Mormon) church, Bishop of the ward is leader
of a single church
Bonze - ANS ✔✔The name of the Buddhist faith to describe a calendar that is used to
determine an accurate time for casketing the body
Brother - ANS ✔✔in the Roman Catholic faith, a man who is a member of religious order
without being ordanied or while preparing for ordination
Brotherhood - ANS ✔✔relating to a social organization
Burial - ANS ✔✔see Interment and Inhumement/Inhumation
Burial-Transit Permit (Disposition Permit) - ANS ✔✔a legal document, issued by a governmental
agency, authorzing transportation and/or disposition of a dead human body
, Calling Hours - ANS ✔✔see Visitation/Visiting Hours
Canopy (Cememtery Tent) - ANS ✔✔a portable shelter used to cover the grave area during the
committal
Cantor - ANS ✔✔a religious singer who assists the clergy; assiste the Rabbi in the Jewish faith;
assists the Priest in the Eastern Orthodox faith
Cardinal - ANS ✔✔in the Roman Catholic faith, a dignity conferred upon Bishops making them
Princes of the Church
Cash Advance - ANS ✔✔Cash advance items may include, but are not limited to: cemetery or
crematory services, pallbearers, public transportation, clergy honoraria, flowers, musicians or
singers, nurses, obituary notices, gratuities, and death certificates; sometimes called an
accommodation or cash disbursement.
Casketbearer (Pallbearer) - ANS ✔✔One who actively bears or carries the casket during the
funeral service and at the committal service.
Clebrant - ANS ✔✔the officiant who celebrates the Mass in the Roman Catholic Church
Cemetery - ANS ✔✔an area of ground set aside and dedicated for the final disposistion of dead
human bodies
Cemetery Tent - ANS ✔✔see Canopy
Certified Copy of a Death Certificate - ANS ✔✔a legal copy of the original death certificate
answered
Acknowledgment Cards - ANS ✔✔cards of recognition sent to friends for kindness shown to a
deceased's family
Acolyte - ANS ✔✔an alter attendant
Adaptive Funeral Rite - ANS ✔✔a funeral rite that is adjusted to the needs and wants of those
directly involved; one which has been altered to suit the trends of the times
Aftercare (Post-Funeral Follow-Up) - ANS ✔✔those appropriate and helpful acts of counseling
that come after the funeral
Allah - ANS ✔✔in the Islam faith, the name of God
Altar - ANS ✔✔an, an elevated place or structure on which sacrifices are offered or at which
religious rites are performed; in the Christian faith, a table on which the Eucharist or Holy
Communion is offered
Alternative Container - ANS ✔✔an unfinished wood box or other non-metal receptacle or
enclosure, without ornamentation or a fixed interior lining, which is designed for the
encasement of human remains and which is made of fiberboard, pressed-wood, composition
materials (with or without an outside covering) or like materials.
Archbishop - ANS ✔✔in the Roman Catholic faith, the head of an archdicese
,Aron - ANS ✔✔Hebrew word meaning container; a casket made entirely of wood, containing no
metal parts
Arrangements Conference - ANS ✔✔the meeting between the funeral director and the client
family during which the funeral arrangements are discussed
Artificial Grass - ANS ✔✔An imitation of grass made in mat form and used at the cemetery to
cover the earth around the grave.
At-Need Counseling - ANS ✔✔counseling with the family as they select the services and items
of merchansdise in completing arrangments for the funeral service of their choice when a death
has occured
Bishop - ANS ✔✔leader of multiple churches in a particular denomination; in the Roman
Catholic faith, the head of a diocese; in the LDS (Mormon) church, Bishop of the ward is leader
of a single church
Bonze - ANS ✔✔The name of the Buddhist faith to describe a calendar that is used to
determine an accurate time for casketing the body
Brother - ANS ✔✔in the Roman Catholic faith, a man who is a member of religious order
without being ordanied or while preparing for ordination
Brotherhood - ANS ✔✔relating to a social organization
Burial - ANS ✔✔see Interment and Inhumement/Inhumation
Burial-Transit Permit (Disposition Permit) - ANS ✔✔a legal document, issued by a governmental
agency, authorzing transportation and/or disposition of a dead human body
, Calling Hours - ANS ✔✔see Visitation/Visiting Hours
Canopy (Cememtery Tent) - ANS ✔✔a portable shelter used to cover the grave area during the
committal
Cantor - ANS ✔✔a religious singer who assists the clergy; assiste the Rabbi in the Jewish faith;
assists the Priest in the Eastern Orthodox faith
Cardinal - ANS ✔✔in the Roman Catholic faith, a dignity conferred upon Bishops making them
Princes of the Church
Cash Advance - ANS ✔✔Cash advance items may include, but are not limited to: cemetery or
crematory services, pallbearers, public transportation, clergy honoraria, flowers, musicians or
singers, nurses, obituary notices, gratuities, and death certificates; sometimes called an
accommodation or cash disbursement.
Casketbearer (Pallbearer) - ANS ✔✔One who actively bears or carries the casket during the
funeral service and at the committal service.
Clebrant - ANS ✔✔the officiant who celebrates the Mass in the Roman Catholic Church
Cemetery - ANS ✔✔an area of ground set aside and dedicated for the final disposistion of dead
human bodies
Cemetery Tent - ANS ✔✔see Canopy
Certified Copy of a Death Certificate - ANS ✔✔a legal copy of the original death certificate
