Obsequies

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  • n. Funeral rites.
  • n. see obsequy
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun-plural. See obsequy.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Plural of obsequy.
  • Word Usage
    "The poor gentleman was honorably interred; but the greatest triumph in his obsequies was the tears and cries of that poor demoiselle, who as openly displayed her feelings after his death as she had concealed them during his life, as if she would make amends for the wrong she had done him."
    Variant
    obsequy   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    burial   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    cortege    pyre    equipage    dirge    eulogy    pageant    cremation    dress-suit    eulogium    mausoleum