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1) a raised place (table or platform) used in religious services (as in Christian churches) (altar)

2) a price (to be) paid for goods or services (charge)

3) of the method of holding land (by giving services to the owner) as in Europe until four hundred years ago (feudal)

4) General Post Office (the old official title for postal services in GB) (GPO)

5) (in history) a soldier honoured for his courage; a man who has been given as honorary title (below w lord) as a reward for services to the State or to a political party (knight)

6) a form of Christian prayer used in church services (litany)

7) (a private business, State company etc with) the exclusive right to control the supply of a particular kind of goods or services (monopoly)

8) the money paid for regular work or services; to give (a person) money for goods, services etc (pay)

9) to pay out (money) for goods, services etc; to use up (time, energy etc) (spend)

10) the use of (threats of) violence, especially for political services (terrorism)

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Meaning:
funeral

(religious ceremony of) burial or cremation of a dead person

ceremony for the dead

liturgy

(a form of) public worship in a Christian church

worship, ceremony

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