obsequy
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 21
- Words With Friends
- 22
- Letters
- 7
/ˈɔbsɪ.kwiː/(UK)
Definition of obsequy
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- The last office for the dead.
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noun
- The last office for the dead.
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(in-plural)A funeral rite or service.
“And to the ladyes he reſtored agayn / The bodyes of her huſbandes yͭ were ſlayn / To done obſequies as tho was the gyſe.”
“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.”
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Etymology
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”)).
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