Which preposition to use with funeral

of Occurrences 224%

" More than three hundred friends, relatives, business acquaintances, lodge brothers and Base Ball associates attended the funeral of Mr. Brush, on Friday, November 29, at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Indianapolis.

in Occurrences 50%

He was buried of course in Rome, and it was very difficult to arrange for his funeral in the Rome of the King of Italy.

at Occurrences 20%

This canticle is known as the canticle of joyous hope, hence its use at funerals at the moment of interment, when words of thanksgiving for the Redemption are specially in place as an expression of Christian hope" (Catholic Encyclopedia, art.

to Occurrences 13%

She was at the funeral to-day.

for Occurrences 13%

But in the case of Hosidius Greta his son arranged a funeral for him as though already dead and preserved him in that way.

on Occurrences 11%

It is even recorded to his honour that he bestowed a handsome funeral on his old enemy Eustathius.

with Occurrences 10%

Bellarius also proposed to carry her out into the forest, and there celebrate her funeral with songs and solemn dirges, as was then the custom.

than Occurrences 5%

It looked in the dark more like a funeral than the departure of a king to join his army at the front.

as Occurrences 3%

This man was ordered to manage the business, and conducted it in such a way (taking Caesar's funeral as a pretext) that almost the whole city was burned down and great numbers were once more slaughtered.

after Occurrences 2%

Now, no flower grew in Eden, and the driving snow kept falling to form a pall for earth's untimely funeral after the fall of man.

by Occurrences 2%

A few sentences from a brief address at the funeral by her old pastor will not be here out of place.

from Occurrences 2%

To bury remains Saxon, because both high and low must be hidden under ground at last; but as only the rich and noble could afford any pomp in that sad office, we get the word funeral from the Norman.

over Occurrences 1%

And though I should fail to have a grand funeral over me, I should hardly be left on my death on the public highway, should I?" Tsz-kung once said to him, "Here is a fine gem.

amongst Occurrences 1%

In our own country it was employed as a funeral flower, and Coles thus refers to it, together with the rosemary and bay: "Cypresse garlands are of great account at funerals amongst the gentler sort, but rosemary and bayes are used by the commons both at funerals and weddings.

among Occurrences 1%

Like the military funerals among civilized nations, their solemnities were closed on this occasion by the discharge of several volleys over the grave of their trophies.

under Occurrences 1%

The expenditure on weddings and funerals under the Confucianist ritual consumed so much money that many families fell into debt and, if they were unable to pay off the debt, sank from the upper into the lower class.

along Occurrences 1%

"At the request of my friend, the man in the white linen coat, the Indian agreed to attend the funeral along with us, and accordingly we all three fell in among the followers, and travelled on with a slow pace till we came to the scene of interment.

within Occurrences 1%

Likely as not you'll be attendin' our funerals within' the week.

without Occurrences 1%

'Ow could there be a funeral without me?"

Which preposition to use with  funeral