noun
Meaning 1
Funeral rites.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, plural
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
exequy
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/ˈɛksɪkwi/
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History
Etymology
A back-formation from exequies, from Middle English exequies, from Old French exequies, from Latin exsequiās, accusative of exsequiae (“a funeral, seeing-off procession”).