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▪ I. † ˈobsequy1 Obs.
Also 6 obseque, 6–7 obsequie.
[ad. L. obsequi-um compliance, complaisance, obedience, in pl. acts of compliance, f. obsequī to follow or comply with, f. ob- (ob- 1 a) + sequī to follow. Partly a. obs. F. obseque ‘obéissance’ (a 1420 in Godef.).]
Ready compliance with the will or pleasure of another, esp. of a superior; deferential service; obsequiousness.
1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) II. 219 Bestes and other creatures, whiche were create..to the obsequy of subieccion [ad obsequium subjectionis]. Ibid. III. 35 Ligurgus ȝafe lawes.. movenge peple to the obsequy of princes. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 333 b/1 He gaf fyrst to his neyghbour his power in aydynge and obsequyes. c1550Disc. Common Weal Eng. (1893) 111, I owe him not only obeysaunce but also the obseque I can. 1652Earl of Monmouth tr. Bentivoglio's Hist. Relat. 39 Very great is the obsequie which the whole People shew unto him. [a1677Hale Prim. Orig. Man. iv. ii. 308 We find every Command of the Divine Will..answered by an immediate obsequium in the created Matter.]
b. Ritual services, rites. rare.
1550Bale Apol. 30 Appoynted to the ceremoniall obsequyes in the howse of God. 1605Chapman All Fooles Plays 1873 I. 127 You enioye a husband and may freely Performe all obsequies you desire to loue.
▪ II. obsequy2 now always in pl. obsequies.|ˈɒbsɪkwɪz|
Forms: sing. 5 obseque, 5–6 -qui, -quye, (6 oseque), 6–8 obsequie, 5–8 -quy; pl. 4– obsequies, (6 -cuyce).
[a. AF. obsequie (also OF., 1316 in Godef.), = usual OF. obsèque (osèque, etc., 12th c.), pl. obsèques, ad. med.L. obsequiæ, acc. pl. obsequiās.
A solitary and doubtful instance of late L. obsequiās (otherwise read exsequiās) occurs in an inscription. Late or Med.L. obsequiæ appears to have arisen through mixture of exsequiæ funeral rites, and obsequium dutiful service; see these words in Du Cange, and cf. exequy.]
Funeral rites or ceremonies; a funeral. † Formerly sometimes including commemorative rites or services (performed at the grave of the deceased or elsewhere), or denoting these alone. †a. sing. Obs.
c1475Partenay 2332 His funerall obseque to-morn we do. 1535MS. (Sotheby's Constable Cat. Oct. 1899), Here folowythe the Oseque and intierment of the Right highe and excelent Prences Lade Kateryn. 1558Richmond Wills (Surtees) 111, I will that my executors..shall maik one obsequi yerely for my soull in the place whear I am buried. 1599Hakluyt Voy. II. ii. 86 Nor the seuenth day onely, but the seuenth moneth and yeere, within their owne houses they renue this obsequie. 1671Milton Samson 1732 To fetch him hence, and solemnly attend With silent obsequie and funeral train Home to his Fathers house. 1705Luctus Brit. 2 Without some Mournful Pomp and Obsequie.
b. pl.
c1386Chaucer Knt.'s T. 135 To the ladyes he restored agayn The bones of hir housbondes that weren slayn To doon obsequies as was tho the gyse. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 192/1 The mayde..kepte hym in vygylles wyth lyghtes and in deuyne obsequyes as long as she lyued. c1530Ld. Berners Arth. Lyt. Bryt. (1814) 36 The kynge..caused her obsecuyce to be done ryght solempnely in the chirche. 1588Shakes. Tit. A. i. i. 160 Loe at this Tombe my tributarie teares, I render for my Bretherens Obsequies. 1670Dryden Conq. Granada v. i, See perform'd their Fun'ral Obsequies. 1746Smollett Reproof 143 At Peter's obsequies I sung no dirge. 1877Gladstone Glean. IV. xxxv. 364 We thus provide the Sultan with abundant funds for splendid obsequies. |