NBE Funeral Directing Glossary (RV232)| 209 QUESTIONS| WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

acknowledgement cards correct answer: Cards of recognition sent to friends for kindness shown to deceased's family acolyte correct answer: an alter attendent adaptive funeral rite correct answer: 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) correct answer: those appropriate and helpful acts of counseling that come after the funeral Allah correct answer: in Islam faith, the name of God altar correct answer: 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 correct answer: 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 apostille correct answer: certification/legalization of a document for international use (under terms of the 1961 Hague Convention). archbishop correct answer: in the Roman Catholic faith, the head of an archdiocese aron correct answer: Hebrew word meaning container; a casket made entirely of wood, containing no metal parts. arrangements conference correct answer: the meeting between the funeral director and the client family during which the funeral arrangements are discussed artificial grass correct answer: an imitation of grass made in mat form and used at the cemetery to cover the earth around the grave at-need counseling correct answer: counseling with the family as they select the services and items of merchandise in completing arrangements for the funeral service of their choice when a death has occurred bishop correct answer: leader of multiple churches in a