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View synonyms for obsequy
obsequy
[ ob-si-kwee ]
noun
, plural ob·se·quies.
- a funeral rite or ceremony.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of obsequy1
1350–1400; Middle English obseque < Middle French < Late Latin obsequiae, alteration (by confusion with exsequiae funeral rites) of obsequia, plural of Latin obsequium; obsequious
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Example Sentences
I was glad when it was over; our own simple service, read by the merest layman, would surely have been a more fitting obsequy.
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All below was a dark blue twilight, as if for an obsequy within instead of for one on the roof.
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The second day after his obsequy was done reverently, and on his body laid a tomb of stone and his banner hanging over him.
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