Obsequy

Definition of Obsequy

Ob´se`quy

n.	1.	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. I will . . . fetch him hence, and solemnly attend, With silent obsequy and funeral train. - Milton I will myself Be the chief mourner at his obsequies. - Dryden. The funeral obsequies were decently and privately performed by his family. - J. P. Mahaffy.
	2.	Obsequiousness.

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