obsequies en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈɒbsəkwiːz/ (UK, US)
Etymology
Plural of obsequy; from Middle English obsequias, obsequies, obsequyes, from Latin obsequiae.
Meanings
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(plural, plural-only) Funeral rites.
A murmur of astonishment ran through the chapel. It was hushed instantly, for, at a sign from Lord Avonleigh, the coffin was carried into the vault; and again the voice of the priest was the only sound, breathing the last and solemn benediction of the mournful obsequies.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIX, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 163:
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(form-of, plural) plural of obsequy.
form of obsequy
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(form-of, plural) plural of obsequie.
form of obsequie
Translations (8)
ru по́хороны (funeral rites) · sh pogrebni obred (funeral rites) · bg погребение (funeral rites) · ga cluiche caointe (funeral rites) · fr obsèques (funeral rites) · ru погребе́ние (funeral rites) · mi tangihanga (funeral rites) · hu gyászszertartás (funeral rites)