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exequy

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EXEQUY

Ex "e *quy, n.;pl. Exequies. Etym: [L. exequiae, exsequiae, a funeral procession, fr. exsequi to follow out: cf. OF. exeques. See Exequte.]

Defn: A funeral rite (usually in the plural ); the ceremonies of burial; obsequies; funeral procession. But see his exequies fulfilled in Rouen. Shak.

New American Oxford Dictionary

exequy

ex e quy |ˈeksikwē ˈɛksɪkwi | ▶noun (exequies ) formal funeral rites; obsequies: he attended the exequies for the dead pope. ORIGIN late Middle English: via Old French from Latin exsequias, accusative of exsequiae ‘funeral ceremonies, ’ from exsequi ‘follow after. ’

Oxford Dictionary

exequy

exequy |ˈɛksɪkwi | ▶noun (exequies ) formal funeral rites: he attended the exequies for the dead pope. • (exequy ) literary a funeral ode. ORIGIN late Middle English: via Old French from Latin exsequias, accusative of exsequiae ‘funeral ceremonies ’, from exsequi ‘follow after ’.