Chiefly in French contexts: a funeral ceremony; funeral rites.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Wyndham Lewis (1882–1957), artist and writer. From French pompe funèbre (usually in plural) funeral ceremony from pompe + funèbre.
Definition of pompe funèbre in US English:
pompe funèbre
(also pompe funebre)
nounˌpɒmp fəˈnɛbr(ə)
Chiefly in French contexts: a funeral ceremony; funeral rites.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Wyndham Lewis (1882–1957), artist and writer. From French pompe funèbre (usually in plural) funeral ceremony from pompe + funèbre.