His bier was attended by thousands of citizens and numerous dignitaries.
Also in the churchyard is a former 19th-century bier-house.
So they took her bier out at night.
He observed a moment of solemn silence, then circled the bier, followed by other officials.
To carry "garlands" before the bier of a maiden, and to hang them over her grave, is still the practice in rural parishes.
Canopic jars containing the deceaseds viscera are underneath the bier.
In the nave is a 17th century bier.
There is a funeral bier dating from 1597.
