obsequy

[ ob-si-kwee ]
/ ˈɒb sɪ kwi /
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noun, plural ob·se·quies. Usually obsequies.

a funeral rite or ceremony.

Origin of obsequy

1350–1400; Middle English obseque < Middle French < Late Latin obsequiae, alteration (by confusion with exsequiae funeral rites) of obsequia, plural of Latin obsequium; see obsequious

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH obsequy

obsequies obsequious

Words nearby obsequy

obsequence, obsequent, obsequent stream, obsequies, obsequious, obsequy, observable, observance, observant, observation, observation car

Words related to obsequy

eulogy

Example sentences from the Web for obsequy

  • All below was a dark blue twilight, as if for an obsequy within instead of for one on the roof.

    A Case in Camera |Oliver Onions

  • The second day after his obsequy was done reverently, and on his body laid a tomb of stone and his banner hanging over him.

    Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series) |Jean Froissart, Thomas Malory, Raphael Holinshed