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 obsequies
 葬禮

 Ob·se·quies n. pl. See Obsequy.
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 Ob·se·quy n.; pl. Obsequies
 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.
 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.]
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