Meaning of Obsequy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The last office for the dead.
2. A funeral rite or service.
   in-plural

Equivalents

Examples

“And to the ladyes he reſtored agayn / The bodyes of her huſbandes yͭ were ſlayn / To done obſequies as tho was the gyſe.”

And to the ladies he restored again / The bodies of their husbands that were slain / To do obsequies as then was the custom.

“It was a rather ghastly ceremony, but it was the only means in our power of showing our respect to the faithful dead and of celebrating his obsequies.”

“But, to-day, there were no obsequies to observe at all.”

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