Rites and Wake

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Wake and rites are semantically related In some cases you can use "Wake" instead a noun "Rites".

Wake noun - The wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward.

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Rites and wake are semantically related in formal observance of a body before funeral topic. Sometimes you can use "Rites" instead a noun "Wake".

Nearby Words: waken, waking, wakened, wakeful, wakening

Don't Wake the Sleeper: The Woe have been asleep for a couple of hundred years, thanks to humanity discovering the Rites of Tranquility.

Source: Tabletop Game / Ehdrigohr
The Twilight Zone (1959) episode "The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank" has the titular young man (played by a very young James Best) wake up at his own funeral.

Source: Damaged Soul
Determinator: Nancy herself, obviously, but also Neil who, despite getting beaten up and then knocked out with a shovel by Freddy's skeleton, manages to wake up, get the bones into the grave, and give him the Last Rites to put an end to him. Badass.

Source: Film / A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

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