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• plural of obsequy.

obsequies

British  

/ ˈɒbsɪkwɪz, ɒbˈsiːkwɪəl /

plural noun

1. funeral rites

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• obsequial
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of obsequies

C14: via Anglo-Norman from Medieval Latin obsequiae (influenced by Latin exsequiae ), from obsequium compliance

Example Sentences

Obsequies provide a chance for catching up on the latest gossip or to do a little business.

From Time Magazine Archive

I presented my poem to Professor Owlsdarck, and he resigned in my favor all right, title, and interest in Cheops and his Obsequies.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 by Various

I am just come from attending the Obsequies of Theresa-Cunegunda Sobieski Electoress of Bavaria, Mother to the Elector.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

I was touched with the account of Carlyle’s simple Obsequies among his own Kinsfolk, in the place of p. 208his Birth—it was fine of him to settle that so it should be. 

From Letters of Edward FitzGerald to Fanny Kemble (1871-1883) by Wright, William Aldis

Obsequies of Flourens at Versailles.—Decree concerning the complicity with Versailles, and arrest of hostages.

From Paris under the Commune The Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege; with Numerous Illustrations, Sketches Taken on the Spot, and Portraits (from the Original Photographs) by Leighton, John