obsequy

[ ob-si-kwee ]

noun

, plural ob·se·quies.

1. a funeral rite or ceremony.

Word History and Origins

Origin of obsequy¹

1350–1400; Middle English obseque < Middle French < Late Latin obsequiae, alteration (by confusion with exsequiae funeral rites) of obsequia, plural of Latin obsequium; obsequious

Example Sentences

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.

From New York Times

Even as his obsequy to Trump increases, Graham's popularity among Republicans in his own state has fallen dramatically after its post-Kavanaugh peak in 2018.

From Salon

As Trump frothed and raged during the prolonged obsequies for John McCain, while eulogies for the dead senator doubled as excoriations of the president, I cast McCain in the role of the retributive spectre.

From The Guardian

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

From New York Times

"Whether derided or praised," the historian Robert Rotberg has written, "he remains an object of calumny, obsequy and inquiry."

From BBC