资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Obsequy \Ob"se*quy\, n.; pl. {Obsequies}. [L. obsequiae, pl.,
   funeral rites, fr. obsequi: cf.F. obs[`e]ques. See
   {Obsequent}, and cf. {Obsequious}.]
   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.