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  1. 1. n. The last duty or service to a person, rendered after his death; hence, a rite or ceremony pertaining to burial; -- now used only in the plural. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. Obsequiousness. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated Source: wordnet
  4. 4. 1. The last duty or service to a person, rendered after his death; hence, a rite or ceremony pertaining to burial; -- now used only in the plural. Spencer. I will...fetch him hence, and solemnly attend, With silent obsequy and funeral train. Milton I will myself Be the chief mourner at his obsequies. Dryden. The funeral obsequies were decently and privately performed by his family J. P. Mahaffy. 2. Obsequiousness. [Obs.] B. Jonson. Source: webster
  5. 5. n. The last duty or service to a person, rendered after his death; hence, a rite or ceremony pertaining to burial; -- now used only in the plural. n. Obsequiousness. Source: ecdict

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