obsequy

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈɔbsɪ.kwiː/    美 /ˈɔbsɪ.kwiː/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The last office for the dead.
  2. A funeral rite or service. in-plural
    — And to the ladyes he reſtored agayn / The bodyes of her huſbandes yͭ were ſlayn / To done obſequies as tho was the gyſe.
    And to the ladies he restored again / The bodies of their husbands that were slain / To do obsequies as then was the custom.

词形变化

obsequies plural obsequie alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
obsequence obsequial

词源

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”)).
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