Obsequies - English meaning

Obsequies – definitions in English dictionary

plural noun
Funeral rites.
Usage examples:
Burial takes place this tuesday morning in st. colman's cemetery following requiem mass at 11 a.m. …
Synonims:
Funeral rites Funeral service Funeral Burial ceremony/service Burial Interment Entombment Inhumation Last offices Exequies Sepulture

noun
Things that are formally said and done at a funeral
Usage examples:
A vast congregation filled the cathedral for the final obsequies.

Obsequies translation into English

Obsequies: translate from English into Chinese

葬礼, 丧礼

Obsequies: translate from English into Dutch

Uitvaart, Plechtigheden, Lijkstaatsie, Teraardebestelling, Lijkstoet, Lijk

Obsequies: translate from English into French

Obsèques, Funérailles

Obsequies: translate from English into German

Leichenschau, Leichenbegängnis, Beerdigungsfeier

Obsequies: translate from English into Hindi

दफ़न, समाधि, अण्त्यकर्म, अंत्येष्टि क्रिया, मरणोत्तर क्रियाएँ

Obsequies: translate from English into Italian

Esequie, Funerali

Obsequies: translate from English into Korean

장례식

Obsequies: translate from English into Russian

Поминки, Похороны, Погребальный обряд, Подобострастный, Раболепный

Obsequies: translate from English into Spanish

Exequias, Funerales

Word origin

late Middle English: plural of obsolete obsequy, from Anglo-Norman French obsequie, from the medieval Latin plural obsequiae (from Latin exsequiae ‘funeral rites’, influenced by obsequium ‘du

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Obsequies – similar words

obsequious

adjective
Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree.
Usage examples:
They were served by obsequious waiters

adjective
Too eager to serve or obey someone
Usage examples:
She is embarrassingly obsequious to anyone in authority.

Obsequious - all meanings in English

obsequience

noun
Compliance, obsequiousness, deference.

Obsequience - all meanings in English

obsequial

adjective
Of or relating to funerals.

Obsequial - all meanings in English

Obsequies synonims

burial

noun
The action or practice of burying a dead body.
Usage examples:
His remains were shipped home for burial

noun
The act of putting a dead body into the ground, or the ceremony performed when this is done
Usage examples:
[ c ] we went back to minnesota for my uncle’s burial.

Burial - all meanings in English

entombment

noun
The placing of a dead body in a tomb; interment.
Usage examples:
The entombment of christ

Entombment - all meanings in English

exequies

noun
Funeral rites.
Usage examples:
He attended the exequies for the pope

Exequies - all meanings in English

funeral

noun
A ceremony or service held shortly after a person's death, usually including the person's burial or cremation.
Usage examples:
In the afternoon, he'd attended a funeral

noun
A ceremony honoring someone who has recently died, which happens before burying or burning the body

Funeral - all meanings in English

inhumation

noun
The action or practice of burying the dead; the fact of being buried.
Usage examples:
Cremation took over from inhumation as the dominant burial rite

Inhumation - all meanings in English