trừ phục

Definition

1. Verb (archaic):
   • To end the mourning period: The act of formally concluding the prescribed time of mourning and removing the mourning garments, according to traditional ritual.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Sau ba năm, gia đình làm lễ trừ phục. (After three years, the family performed the ceremony to end the mourning period.)
  • Theo lễ nghi xưa, trừ phục là một nghi thức quan trọng. (According to old rites, ending the mourning period was an important ritual.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is primarily used in historical, anthropological, or literary contexts describing traditional customs and is rarely encountered in modern daily conversation.

Variants and Related Words

• Tang phục (n): mourning garments, funeral attire.

  • Mặc tang phục màu trắng. (To wear white mourning garments.)

• Để tang (v): to observe a mourning period, to be in mourning.

  • Họ để tang ông nội một năm. (They observed a one-year mourning period for their grandfather.)

Synonyms

• To leave off mourning: To cease the formal observance of mourning.
• To terminate the mourning period: A formal phrase for ending mourning.

Related Concepts

• Hết tang: This is the more common, modern phrase meaning "the mourning period is over." It describes the state, while "trừ phục" refers to the ritual act.
  • Nhà ấy đã hết tang. (That household's mourning period is over.)