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When friends and relatives gather together at the place where the body is, usually the night before the funeral, you call that:

WAKE 634
SITTING UP 91
VIEWING 77
PAYING RESPECTS 65
VISITING HOURS 35
CALLING HOURS 34
VISITATION 31
ROSARY 20
SETTING UP 19
WATCH 16
SET-UP 10
VIGIL 8
GATHERING 7
FAMILY GATHERING 6
MASS 6
MOURNING 6
NH 6
VIEWING THE BODY 6
IRISH WAKE 5
RECEIVING FRIENDS 5
MOURNERS 4
PAYING LAST RESPECTS 4
SIT-UP 4
LAY-OUT 3
NIGHT WATCH 3
PAYING THEIR LAST RESPECTS 3
QUAKE 3
SETTING UP WITH THE BODY 3
SITTING 3
SITTING UP WITH THE BODY 3
CALLING 2
DEATH WATCH 2
GETTING TOGETHER 2
GET-TOGETHER 2
LAST RESPECTS 2
LYING IN STATE 2
OPEN HOUSE 2
PAY RESPECTS 2
PAY YOUR LAST RESPECTS 2
PAYING YOUR RESPECTS 2
SETTING UP WITH THE CORPSE 2
SHOWING 2
SITTING UP WITH THE DEAD 2
WAIT 2
BODY LAYS IN STATE 1
CATHOLIC MASS 1
COMIN’ DOWN TO SEE THE CORPSE 1
FAMILY NIGHT 1
FUNERAL 1
FUNERAL HOME 1
FUNERAL WAKE 1
GATHERING FOR PRAYERS 1
GATHERING OF THE CLAN 1
GATHERING TOGETHER 1
GO TO PAY YOUR RESPECTS 1
GO TO SEE THE CORPSE 1
GOING DOWN THE FUNERAL HOME 1
GOING FOR THE LAST VISIT 1
GOING TO THE FUNERAL HOME 1
GOING TO VIEW THE BODY 1
HOURS 1
LAID OUT 1
LAST RECEPTION 1
MAKE A SYMPATHY CALL 1
MEETING FRIENDS 1
MEETING WITH FRIENDS 1
MEETING WITH RELATIVES 1
MORGUE 1
MOURN 1
MOURNING HOURS 1
NR 1
PAY LAST RESPECTS 1
PAY THE RESPECTS 1
PAY THEIR RESPECTS 1
PAY YOUR RESPECTS 1
PAYING A CONDOLENCE CALL 1
PAYING OUR RESPECTS 1
PAYING RESPECT 1
PAYING RESPECTS TO THE FAMILY 1
PAYING YOUR LAST RESPECTS 1
PRAYER SERVICE 1
RESPECTS 1
SAT-UP 1
SAYING YOUR LAST GOODBYE 1
SEE FRIENDS 1
SEE THE BODY 1
SET UP WITH THE DEAD 1
SETTING UP FOR THE CORPSE 1
SETTING UP FOR THE DEAD 1
SETTING UP WITH 1
SETTING UP WITH THEM 1
SET-UP AT THE LAYING-OUT 1
SHOW YOUR SYMPATHY 1
SHOWING LAST RESPECTS 1
SHOWING YOUR RESPECTS 1
SIT UP BY HIM 1
SIT UP WITH THE FAMILY 1
SITTING HOURS 1
SITTING UP WITH HIM 1
SITTING UP WITH THE CORPSE 1
STAY THE LAST NIGHT WITH THEM 1
STAYING UP 1
THEY’RE WAKING HIM 1
VELORIO 1
VIEW THE BODY 1
VIEWING OF THE BODY 1
VIEWING THE CORPSE 1
VIEWING THE REMAINS 1
VISIT 1
VISITATION NIGHT 1
VISITING 1
VISITING AT THE FUNERAL HOME 1
VISITING HOUSE 1
WENT FOR RESPECTS 1
WENT TO PAY MY RESPECTS 1

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