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Mort 201 Glossary Study Guide with
Complete Solutions
Absolution - Answer✔️✔️-Sacramental remission of sin
Acknowledgement Cards - Answer✔️✔️-thank you cards
Acolyte - Answer✔️✔️-an altar attendant
Adaptive funeral - Answer✔️✔️-funeral rite that is adjusted to the
needs and wants of those directly involved; altered to suit the
trends of the times.
Aftercare - Answer✔️✔️-those appropriate and helpful acts of
counseling, personal and/or written contact that come after the
funeral.
Al-dafin - Answer✔️✔️-In the Muslim faith, the name of cemetery;
specifically a designated Muslim cemetery
Al-Ghusl (Ghusl) - Answer✔️✔️-practical and ceremonial washing of
the deceased Muslim
Alkaline hydrolysis - Answer✔️✔️-the reduction of a dead human
body to essential elements through a water based dissolution
process using alkaline chemicals, heat, agitation, and pressure to
accelerate natural decomposition; the processing of hydrolyzed
remains after the removal from the alkaline hydrolysis vessel,
placement into a hydrolyzed container and release of remains
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Allah - Answer✔️✔️-in the Islam faith, the name of God
altar - 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 - 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.
American Board of Funeral Service Education - Answer✔️✔️-
Organization with responsibility to accredit funeral service and
mortuary science programs.
American Monument Association - Answer✔️✔️-a national trade
association representing the major granite and marble memorial
manufacturers and quarries throughout the United States
Animistic view - Answer✔️✔️-early Roman view of the afterlife which
emphasizes the soul as the vital principle. The soul at death
hovered around the place of burial and required constant attention
of the descendants to be happy. Neglect would bring evil upon
them.
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Anthropoid - Answer✔️✔️-human shaped; some early coffins were
described as anthropoidal shaped.
Anubis - Answer✔️✔️-Egyptian god of embalming said to be of
human form with the head of a jackal.
Apostille - Answer✔️✔️-certification/legalization of a document for
international use (under terms of the 1961 Hague Convention).
Archbishop - Answer✔️✔️-In the Roman Catholic faith, the head of
an archdiocese.
Aron - Answer✔️✔️-Hebrew meaning container; a casket made
entirely of wood with no metal parts
Arrangement Conference - Answer✔️✔️-the meeting between the
funeral director and the client family during which the funeral
arrangements are discussed, and may refer to pre need or at need
situations
At need - Answer✔️✔️-When a death has occurred
Bar Minen - Answer✔️✔️-The Jewish term for deceased person
Barber surgeon - Answer✔️✔️-the sole trade permitted to embalm
and perform anatomical dissections in the city of London
Benediction - Answer✔️✔️-a ritual blessing offered at the conclusion
of a service
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Bier - Answer✔️✔️-forerunner of today's hearse; a hand stretcher on
which the uncoffined body was carried to the grave.
Bishop - Answer✔️✔️-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
Blood letting - Answer✔️✔️-belief or practice of draining a quantity of
blood to cure illness or disease
Bonze - Answer✔️✔️-The title of the Buddhist priest
Book of Dates - Answer✔️✔️-A term used in the Buddhist faith to
describe a calendar that is used to determine an accurate time for
casketing the deceased, services and disposition
Brother - Answer✔️✔️-In the Roman Catholic faith, a man who is a
member of a religious order without being ordained
Brotherhood - Answer✔️✔️-Relating to a social or religious
organization.
Burial (Interment) - Answer✔️✔️-the act of placing the dead human
body in the ground
Burial case - Answer✔️✔️-generic term used in America to designate
all burial receptacles as new variations of the coffin were being
offered.
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Mort 201 Glossary Study Guide with
Complete Solutions
Absolution - Answer✔️✔️-Sacramental remission of sin
Acknowledgement Cards - Answer✔️✔️-thank you cards
Acolyte - Answer✔️✔️-an altar attendant
Adaptive funeral - Answer✔️✔️-funeral rite that is adjusted to the
needs and wants of those directly involved; altered to suit the
trends of the times.
Aftercare - Answer✔️✔️-those appropriate and helpful acts of
counseling, personal and/or written contact that come after the
funeral.
Al-dafin - Answer✔️✔️-In the Muslim faith, the name of cemetery;
specifically a designated Muslim cemetery
Al-Ghusl (Ghusl) - Answer✔️✔️-practical and ceremonial washing of
the deceased Muslim
Alkaline hydrolysis - Answer✔️✔️-the reduction of a dead human
body to essential elements through a water based dissolution
process using alkaline chemicals, heat, agitation, and pressure to
accelerate natural decomposition; the processing of hydrolyzed
remains after the removal from the alkaline hydrolysis vessel,
placement into a hydrolyzed container and release of remains
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Allah - Answer✔️✔️-in the Islam faith, the name of God
altar - 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 - 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.
American Board of Funeral Service Education - Answer✔️✔️-
Organization with responsibility to accredit funeral service and
mortuary science programs.
American Monument Association - Answer✔️✔️-a national trade
association representing the major granite and marble memorial
manufacturers and quarries throughout the United States
Animistic view - Answer✔️✔️-early Roman view of the afterlife which
emphasizes the soul as the vital principle. The soul at death
hovered around the place of burial and required constant attention
of the descendants to be happy. Neglect would bring evil upon
them.
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Anthropoid - Answer✔️✔️-human shaped; some early coffins were
described as anthropoidal shaped.
Anubis - Answer✔️✔️-Egyptian god of embalming said to be of
human form with the head of a jackal.
Apostille - Answer✔️✔️-certification/legalization of a document for
international use (under terms of the 1961 Hague Convention).
Archbishop - Answer✔️✔️-In the Roman Catholic faith, the head of
an archdiocese.
Aron - Answer✔️✔️-Hebrew meaning container; a casket made
entirely of wood with no metal parts
Arrangement Conference - Answer✔️✔️-the meeting between the
funeral director and the client family during which the funeral
arrangements are discussed, and may refer to pre need or at need
situations
At need - Answer✔️✔️-When a death has occurred
Bar Minen - Answer✔️✔️-The Jewish term for deceased person
Barber surgeon - Answer✔️✔️-the sole trade permitted to embalm
and perform anatomical dissections in the city of London
Benediction - Answer✔️✔️-a ritual blessing offered at the conclusion
of a service
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Bier - Answer✔️✔️-forerunner of today's hearse; a hand stretcher on
which the uncoffined body was carried to the grave.
Bishop - Answer✔️✔️-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
Blood letting - Answer✔️✔️-belief or practice of draining a quantity of
blood to cure illness or disease
Bonze - Answer✔️✔️-The title of the Buddhist priest
Book of Dates - Answer✔️✔️-A term used in the Buddhist faith to
describe a calendar that is used to determine an accurate time for
casketing the deceased, services and disposition
Brother - Answer✔️✔️-In the Roman Catholic faith, a man who is a
member of a religious order without being ordained
Brotherhood - Answer✔️✔️-Relating to a social or religious
organization.
Burial (Interment) - Answer✔️✔️-the act of placing the dead human
body in the ground
Burial case - Answer✔️✔️-generic term used in America to designate
all burial receptacles as new variations of the coffin were being
offered.
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