The area immediately surrounding a grave, or the location where someone stands during a funeral ceremony at a grave.
Compound of 'grave' (burial place) and 'side' (location next to something). A straightforward combination that emerged as burial practices became more standardized.
Graveside services represent a shift in funeral customs—only relatively recently did 'being at the graveside' become the standard for saying goodbye, whereas medieval burials were often huge communal events inside churches.
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