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obˈsequian, a. Anc. Hist. rare.
[f. L. obsequi-um + -an.]
Of or pertaining to the Obsequium; see quot.
1788Gibbon Decl. & F. lii. V. 398 The troops, who, in the new language of the empire, were styled of the Obsequian Theme. (Note. In the division of the Themes, or provinces described by Constantine Porphyrogenitus..the Obsequium, a Latin appellation of the army and palace, was the fourth in the public order.) |