obsequies
Britishplural noun
Other Word Forms
- obsequial adjective
Etymology
Origin of obsequies
C14: via Anglo-Norman from Medieval Latin obsequiae (influenced by Latin exsequiae ), from obsequium compliance
Example Sentences
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I don’t want to add here to the emotional obsequies being written for the Washington Post, after its latest round of contraction last week.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
The diplomatic focus will be on the part of St Peter's Square where presidents and prime ministers, princes and monarchs will sit waiting for the obsequies to begin.
From BBC • Apr. 25, 2025
That knowledge sits uncomfortably with what has come before, not because the leaden language of the scripted obsequies is persuasive, but because the grieving citizens are so real.
From New York Times • May 6, 2021
What Levin has written is a diverting meta-thriller implying he is delivering the final obsequies over a once-flourishing but exhausted genre.
From The Guardian • Sep. 8, 2010
Hardly were the splendid obsequies of San Piero completed when his place was occupied by Guido da Sesto and Rainerio Saccone da Vicenza.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles
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