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Definitions
a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated
Word origin
From Middle English obseque, from Old French obseque, osseque, from Latin obsequiī (“complaisant, yielding”), alteration of obsequia (“compliance”) (by confusion, in association with exsequia (“funeral rites”), from exsequī (“follow or accompany to the grave”)).
Used in a sentence
“And to the ladyes he reſtored agayn / The bodyes of her huſbandes yͭ were ſlayn / To done obſequies as tho was the gyſe.”
And to the ladies he restored again / The bodies of their husbands that were slain / To do obsequies as then was the custom.“It was a rather ghastly ceremony, but it was the only means in our power of showing our respect to the faithful dead and of celebrating his obsequies.”
“But, to-day, there were no obsequies to observe at all.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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