obsequies

Word family nounobsequiesadjectiveobsequial

Related topics: Death

ob·se·quies /ˈɒbsəkwiz $ ˈɑːb-/ noun [plural] formal

MXa funeral ceremony 葬礼，丧礼

Examples from the Corpus

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.

Origin obsequies

(1300-1400) Old French Medieval Latin obsequiae, from (influenced by Latin obsequium; → OBSEQUIOUS) Latin exsequiae “funeral ceremony”

单词	obsequies
释义	obsequies Word family nounobsequiesadjectiveobsequial Related topics: Death ob·se·quies /ˈɒbsəkwiz $ ˈɑːb-/ noun [plural] formal MXa funeral ceremony 葬礼，丧礼 Examples from the Corpus 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. Origin obsequies (1300-1400) Old French Medieval Latin obsequiae, from (influenced by Latin obsequium; → OBSEQUIOUS) Latin exsequiae “funeral ceremony”
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