OBSEQUY

Ob″se‐quy (?), n.; pl. Obsequies (#). [[L. obsequiae, pl., funeral rites, fr. obsequi: cf. F. obsèques. See Obsequent, and cf. Obsequious.]] 1. 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. 2. Obsequiousness. B. Jonson.