obsequy

葬礼

发音

UK /ˈɔbsɪ.kwiː/
其它
US /ˈɔbsɪ.kwiː/

词形变化

obsequies 复数 obsequies

别名

obsequie

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The last office for the dead.

  2. 2.

    A funeral rite or service.

    But, to-day, there were no obsequies to observe at all.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

funeral

上位词 3

ceremony ceremonial observance

下位词 6

burial entombment inhumation interment sepulture sky burial

词源

From Middle English obseque, from Old French obseque, osseque, from Latin obsequiī (“complaisant, yielding”), alteration of obsequia (“compliance”) (by confusion, in association with exsequia (“funeral rites”), from exsequī (“follow or accompany to the grave”)).

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