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| CANOPY | A roof like structure projecting from the outside wall over the driveway allowing passengers to board and alight from vehicles without being directly exposed to the elements sometimes construed as a portable canvas shelter used to cover the grave area during committal service. |
| CASKET | A receptacle of wood, metal or plastic into which the dead human body is placed for burial. Sometimes referred to as "coffin" or "burial case." |
| CASKET COACH | Hearse: A motor coach designed and used for the conveyance of the casketed remains from the place the funeral service is conducted to the cemetery. Also known as a Funeral Coach. |
| CASKETING | Placing of the body in the casket upon completion of embalming, dressing and cosmetizing. |
| CASKET RACK | A device which allows caskets to be placed one on top of the other for display purposes. |
| CASKET VEIL | A silk or net transparent covering for the casket for the purpose of keeping flies and other insects from the remains. |
| CATAFALQUE | A stand upon which the casketed remains rest while instate and during the funeral service. |
| CEMETERY | An area of ground set aside for burial or entombment of the deceased. |
| CENOTAPH | An empty tomb or monument erected in memory or a person buried elsewhere. |
| CERTIFIED DEATH CERTIFICATE | A legalized copy of the original certificate, issued upon request by the local government for the purpose of substantiating various claims by the family of the deceased such as insurance and other death benefits. |
| CHAPEL | A large room of the funeral home in which the farewell service is held. |
| CHURCH TRUCK | A collapsible catafalque used for funerals. |
| CLIENTS | Those who employ the services of the funeral director. |
| COFFIN | A wedge shaped burial case, usually eight- sided. |
| COLUMBARIUM | A structure of vaults lined with recesses for urns containing cremated remains. |
| COMMITTAL SERVICE | The final portion of the funeral service at which time the deceased is interred or entombed. |
| CORONER | A public official and in some cases a constitutional officer whose duty it is to investigate the case of death if it appears to be from other than natural causes, or if there was no physician in attendance for a long time prior to death. |
| CORTEGE | The funeral procession. |
| COSMETOLOGY | Utilization of cosmetics to restore life like appearance to the deceased. |
| CREMATION | Reduction of the body to ashes by fire. |
| CREMATION PERMIT | A certificate issued by local government authorizing cremation of the deceased. |
| CREMATORY | A furnace for cremating remains a building housing such a furnace. |
| CRYPT | A vault or room used for keeping remains. |
| COT | The stretcher-like carrier used to remove deceased persons from the place of death to the funeral home. |
