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 |
![]()
DARE Data Summary by Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.