Crossword clues for obsequy
obsequy
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Obsequy \Ob"se*quy\, n.; pl. Obsequies. [L. obsequiae, pl., funeral rites, fr. obsequi: cf. F. obs[`e]ques. See Obsequent, and cf. Obsequious.]
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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.
--MiltonI will myself Be the chief mourner at his obsequies.
--Dryden.The funeral obsequies were decently and privately performed by his family.
--J. P. Mahaffy. Obsequiousness. [Obs.]
--B. Jonson.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., from Old French obseque, osseque "funeral rites," from Medieval Latin obsequiae, influenced in sense by confusion of Latin obsequium "compliance" (see obsequious) with exsequiae "funeral rites." Now usually in plural, obsequies.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The last office for the dead 2 (context chiefly in the plural English) A funeral rite or service.
Usage examples of "obsequy".
Grimes as they watched him disappear into the night escorted with every obsequy by the manager and the head-waiter.
Beklan empire, was a tribute of obsequy rendered throughout Tonilda and certain other provinces.
Obsequy of our Religion, and take upon thee a a voluntary yoake of ministrie : And when thou beginnest to serve and honour the goddes, then thou shalt feele the fruit of thy liberty : After that the great Priest had prophesied in this manner, with often breathings, he made a conclusion of his words : Then I went amongst the company of die rest and followed the procession : everie one of the people knew me, and pointing at me with their fingers, said in this sort : Behold him who is this day transformed into a man by the puissance of the soveraigne goddesse, verily he is blessed and most blessed that hath merited so great grace from heaven, as by the innocencie of his former life, and as it were by a new regeneration is reserved to the obsequie of the goddesse.
Obsequy of our Religion, and take upon thee a a voluntary yoake of ministrie : And when thou beginnest to serve and honour the goddes, then thou shalt feele the fruit of thy liberty : After that the great Priest had prophesied in this manner, with often breathings, he made a conclusion of his words : Then I went amongst the company of die rest and followed the procession : everie one of the people knew me, and pointing at me with their fingers, said in this sort : Behold him who is this day transformed into a man by the puissance of the soveraigne goddesse, verily he is blessed and most blessed that hath merited so great grace from heaven, as by the innocencie of his former life, and as it were by a new regeneration is reserved to the obsequie of the goddesse.