obsequy — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. The last office for the dead.

2. A funeral rite or service.

   Uso

   • in-plural

   Esempi

   And to the ladyes he reſtored agayn / The bodyes of her huſbandes yͭ were ſlayn / To done obſequies as tho was the gyſe.

   It was a rather ghastly ceremony, but it was the only means in our power of showing our respect to the faithful dead and of celebrating his obsequies.

   Altri esempi (1)

   But, to-day, there were no obsequies to observe at all.

Sostantivo

1. a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated

   Sinonimi

   funeral

   Termini più generali

   ceremonyceremonialceremonial occasionobservance

   Esempi

   hundreds of people attended his funeral