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obsequy

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OBSEQUY

Ob "se *quy, n.; pl. Obsequies. Etym: [L. obsequiae, pl. , funeral rites, fr. obsequi: cf. F. obsèques. See Obsequent, and cf. Obsequious. ]

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. Spencer. 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. ] B. Jonson.