Example sentences from the Web for obsequies

Ismar, wishing to give his body a splendid funeral, prepared a banquet of royal bounty to increase the splendour of the obsequies.
The Danish History, Books I-IX|Saxo Grammaticus ("Saxo the Learned")
After the obsequies they seek the young Apis, they seek him throughout sacred Egypt.
The Tour|Louis Couperus
But now the pyre is ready to be heaped, and the obsequies of Patroclus are on the point of being celebrated.
Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol I of 2)|John Addington Symonds
So they were all obliged to go, and the obsequies were conducted in a fitting manner.
Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio (Volumes I and II)|Songling Pu

His obsequies were celebrated with every sign of mourning, and he was buried in San Francesco at Lucca.
The Prince|Nicolo Machiavelli

obsequies

/ (ˈɒbsɪkwɪz) /

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pl n singular -quy

funeral rites

Derived forms of obsequies

obsequial (ɒbˈsiːkwɪəl), adjective

Word Origin for obsequies

C14: via Anglo-Norman from Medieval Latin obsequiae (influenced by Latin exsequiae), from obsequium compliance

Words nearby obsequies

obscurum per obscurius, obsecrate, obsequence, obsequent, obsequent stream, obsequies, obsequious, obsequy, observable, observance, observant

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