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obsequies

/ ˈɒbsɪkwɪz, ɒbˈsiːkwɪəl /

plural noun

  1. funeral rites

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other 51Թ Forms

  • obsequial adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of obsequies1

C14: via Anglo-Norman from Medieval Latin obsequiae (influenced by Latin exsequiae ), from obsequium compliance
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That knowledge sits uncomfortably with what has come before, not because the leaden language of the scripted obsequies is persuasive, but because the grieving citizens are so real.

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I see no spine nor brains in this party of apologists, and obsequies and drooling weaklings.

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I can tell you, within hours, how many TV viewers tuned in for the Thatcher obsequies.

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Collective memory cannot be battered into adoring someone by official obsequies.

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All of these gloomy obsequies of repentance having been observed, Gingrich gave a stirring example of why he is hands-down the best extemporaneous demagogue in contemporary America.

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