Obsequy
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noun.
A funeral rite or ceremony.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A funeral rite or ceremony.
noun.
Ready compliance; deferential service; obsequiousness.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
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.
noun.
Obsequiousness.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
The last
office
for the
dead
noun.
A
funeral
rite
or
service
.
Word Usage
"Man's introduction could be understood as the uncomfortable relation between obsequiousness and obsequy, that is, between the awkward coincidence of following one's teachers and issuing their burial rites. close window"
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
obsequiousness