obsequies• She just hoped she would be spared a pressing invitation to his obsequies.• He also wished to leave because the nuns were still engaged in the obsequies preceding the funerals of their two dead colleagues.• Some of the obsequies that marked Chris Woodhead's passing spoke of his work to improve school standards.
Originobsequies
(1300-1400)Old FrenchMedieval Latinobsequiae, from (influenced by Latinobsequium; → OBSEQUIOUS) Latinexsequiae“funeral ceremony”