Ob"se*quy (?), n.; pl.
Obsequies (#). [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.