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wake

vigil held over the dead before burial
Class type of: rite of passage Q1472138
wake
Julio Romero de Torres · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

3 properties
Instance of
ritual
Subclass of
rite of passage
Described by source
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The American Cyclopædia, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[3][4][5][6][7]
🏷️ Also known as
en wake da Lit de parade da Lit-de-parade de Totenwache es velorio es velacion es velación es velatorio fi Ruumiinvalvojaiset fr exposition du défunt fr veillée funèbre he אשכבה (טקס) hu virrasztás id Layat it Veglia funebre ja 弔問 ja ウェイク ja お通夜 ja 仮通夜 ja 御通夜
🔖 Identifiers · 11
GND ID
4558165-4
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300069655
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/wake-religious-rite
Freebase ID
/m/04_ydk
Georgian Encyclopedia ID
22729
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
3157533
IMDb keyword
wake
Lex ID
lit_de_parade
Museum-digital tag ID
23839
PACTOLS thesaurus ID
pcrt907d02jjnw
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials ID
tgm011449

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🔗 Connections
Described by source 3
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
Subclass of 1
rite of passage
Subtypes 1
Vigil of the Princes
← Narrative motif 1
The Vigil
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Summary

wake is a ritual[1]. wake is a type of rite of passage[2].

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  1. [2] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 26w ago · Shahf14 · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Described by source → Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +2
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    Subclass of → rite of passage
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