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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