obsequies
noun
[ ˈɒbsɪkwɪz ]
• funeral rites.
Similar:
funeral rites,
funeral service,
funeral,
burial ceremony/service,
burial,
interment,
entombment,
inhumation,
last offices,
exequies,
sepulture,
Origin:
late Middle English: plural of obsolete obsequy, from Anglo-Norman French obsequie, from the medieval Latin plural obsequiae (from Latin exsequiae ‘funeral rites’, influenced by obsequium ‘dutiful service’).
