obsequy
English
Etymology
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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin obsequiī (“complaisant, yielding”), alteration of obsequia (“compliance”) (by confusion, in association with exsequia (“funeral rites”), from exsequī (“follow or accompany to the grave”)).
Pronunciation
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Noun
obsequy (plural obsequies)
- The last office for the dead.
- (chiefly in the plural) A funeral rite or service.
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- 1919 — Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 13
- But, to-day, there were no obsequies to observe at all.
Usage notes
In modern usage, the word is used mainly in the plural – obsequies – which should not to be confused with obsequious.
Related terms
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