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   Obsequy , n.; pl. Obsequies . [L. obsequiae, pl., funeral rites, fr. obsequi: cf. F. obsèques. See Obsequent, and cf. Obsequious.]
   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.
   
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   I will . . . fetch him hence, and solemnly attend,
   With silent obsequy and funeral train.
   Milton
   
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   I will myself
   Be the chief mourner at his obsequies.
   Dryden.
   
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   The funeral obsequies were decently and privately performed by his family.
   J. P. Mahaffy.
   
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   Obsequiousness. [Obs.]
   B. Jonson.
   
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