exequy
[ ek-si-kwee ]
/ ˈɛk sɪ kwi /
noun, plural ex·e·quies.
Usually exequies.
funeral rites or ceremonies; obsequies.
a funeral procession.
Origin of exequy
1350–1400; Middle English
exequies (plural) < Medieval Latin, Latin
exequiae literally, train of followers, equivalent to
ex-
ex-1 +
sequ(ī) to follow) +
-iae, feminine plural noun suffix
OTHER WORDS FROM exequy
ex·e·qui·al [ek-see-kwee-uh l] /ɛkˈsi kwi əl/, adjectiveWords nearby exequy
Example sentences from the Web for exequies
Also I bequeath for two candles to burn at my exequies 30 lbs.
Life in a Medival City |Edwin BensonHis bodie was buried in an old churchyard of the pied friers, without any manner of exequies of funerall seruice doone for him.
Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (10 of 12) |Raphael Holinshed
British Dictionary definitions for exequies
exequies
/ (ˈɛksɪkwɪz) /
pl n singular -quy
the rites and ceremonies used at funerals
Word Origin for exequies
C14: from Latin
exequiae (plural) funeral procession, rites, from
exequī to follow to the end, from
sequī to follow