OBSEQUY

funeral, obsequy

(noun) a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated; “hundreds of people attended his funeral”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

obsequy (plural obsequies)

The last office for the dead.

(chiefly, in the plural) A funeral rite or service.

Usage notes

In modern usage, the word is used mainly in the plural – obsequies – which should not to be confused with obsequious.

Source: Wiktionary

Ob"se*quy, n.; pl. Obsequies. Etym: [L. obsequiae, pl., funeral rites, fr. obsequi: cf.F. obsèques. 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition