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obsequy |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Obsequy \Ob"se*quy\, n.; pl {Obsequies}. [L. obsequiae pl., funeral rites, fr obsequi: cf.F. obs[`e]ques. 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
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