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Webster 1913 Edition

Obsequies

Ob′se-quies

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Noun.

pl.

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Webster 1828 Edition

Obsequies

OB'SEQUIES

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Noun.

plu.

[L. obsequium, complaisance, from obsequor, to follow.]

Funeral rites and solemnities; the last duties performed to a deceased person.

[Milton uses the word in the singular, but the common usage is different.]