noun
Meaning 1
Funeral rites.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
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Standard Lemma guide
obsequies
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noun
Meaning 2
plural of obsequy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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noun
Meaning 3
plural of obsequie.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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History
Etymology
Plural of obsequy; from Middle English obsequias, obsequies, obsequyes, from Latin obsequiae.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: погребение (pogrebenie) — funeral rites
- French: obsèques — funeral rites
- Hungarian: gyászszertartás — funeral rites
- Irish: cluiche caointe — funeral rites
- Māori: tangihanga — funeral rites
- Russian: по́хороны (póxorony) — funeral rites
- Russian: погребе́ние (pogrebénije) — funeral rites
- Serbo-Croatian: pogrebni obred — funeral rites