ob·se·quy /ˈɑbsəkwi/
Ob·se·quy n.; pl. Obsequies
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. [Obs.]
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