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obsequy, n. [L. obsequiae, pl., funeral rites, fr. obsequi: cf. F. obsèques. See Obsequent, and cf. Obsequious.].
- The last duty or service to a person, rendered after his death; hence, a rite or ceremony pertaining to burial; -- now used only in the plural. Spencer. [1913 Webster]"I will . . . fetch him hence, and solemnly attend,
With silent obsequy and funeral train." [1913 Webster]"I will myself
Be the chief mourner at his obsequies." [1913 Webster]"The funeral obsequies were decently and privately performed by his family." [1913 Webster] - Obsequiousness. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
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