Obsequies
['ɒbsɪkwɪz] or ['ɑbsəkwɪz]
Definition
(n.pl.) See Obsequy.
(pl. ) of Obsequy
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. pl. Exequies, funeral rites, funeral solemnities.
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Definition
n.pl. funeral rites and solemnities:—sing. Ob′sequy (Milt.)—rarely used.—adj. Obsē′quial.
Typist: Lottie
Examples
- It served its purpose; never made any money; and I had the unpleasant task of presiding at its obsequies. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- But let his obsequies be private, as becomes those of a man who died in an unjust quarrel. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Nor was it the human form alone which we had placed in this eternal sepulchre, whose obsequies we now celebrated. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Typist: Lottie