Why this word is great
PARENTATION — [Noun] A ritual act or utterance performed in honor of the dead, particularly funeral rites for parents or kin. From Latin parentātiō, from parentō ("to offer a solemn sacrifice in honor of deceased parents"), derived from parens ("parent"). Unlike "obsequies" (which denote formal funerary customs at large) or "commemoration" (a bloodless act of memory), parentation is the weight of lineage made tangible—ashes scattered at a crossroads, the breaking of bread over a grave, or the slow unfurling of a name into the silence of an empty room. It is the last debt, paid in fire and salt, proof that even the dead are not yet done with us.