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Exequy
Ex′e-quy
,Noun.
pl.
Exequies
(#)
. [L.
exequiae
, exsequiae
, a funeral procession, fr. exsequi
to follow out: cf. OF. exeques
. See Exequte
.] A funeral rite (usually in the plural); the ceremonies of burial; obsequies; funeral procession.
But see his
exequies
fulfilled in Rouen. Shakespeare
Definition 2024
exequy
exequy
English
Noun
exequy (plural exequies)
- (obsolete, now only in plural) funeral rites
- 1609, Douay–Rheims Bible, Old Testament, volume I (1635 reprint), “The Second Book of Samuel, which we cal the Second of Kings.”, chapter i, marginal note b, page 573:
- Exequies of Saul obſerued with mourning weeping and faſting.
- 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial, Penguin (2005), page 8:
- civill society carrieth out their dead, and hath exequies, if not interrments.
- 1609, Douay–Rheims Bible, Old Testament, volume I (1635 reprint), “The Second Book of Samuel, which we cal the Second of Kings.”, chapter i, marginal note b, page 573: