"obsequy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɔbsɪ.kwiː/ [UK, US] Forms: obsequies [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English obseque, from Old French obseque, osseque, from Latin obsequiī (“complaisant, yielding”), alteration of obsequia (“compliance”) (by confusion, in association with exsequia (“funeral rites”), from exsequī (“follow or accompany to the grave”)). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sekʷ-|id=follow}}, {{inh|en|enm|obseque}} Middle English obseque, {{der|en|fro|obseque}} Old French obseque, {{m|fro|osseque}} osseque, {{uder|en|la|obsequiī||complaisant, yielding}} Latin obsequiī (“complaisant, yielding”), {{m|la|obsequia||compliance}} obsequia (“compliance”), {{m|la|exequiae|exsequia|funeral rites}} exsequia (“funeral rites”), {{m|la|exsequī||follow or accompany to the grave}} exsequī (“follow or accompany to the grave”) Head templates: {{en-noun|obsequies}} obsequy (plural obsequies)
  1. The last office for the dead.
    Sense id: en-obsequy-en-noun-sVrdhqNP
  2. (chiefly in the plural) A funeral rite or service. Tags: in-plural Categories (topical): Death, Funeral
    Sense id: en-obsequy-en-noun-bSrgg4gR Disambiguation of Death: 9 91 Disambiguation of Funeral: 5 95 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 99 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 97 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: obsequie [obsolete]

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