Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for OB'SE-QUIES
OB'SE-QUIES, n. [plur. Fr. obsèques, from L. obsequium, complaisance, from obsequor, to follow.]
Funeral rites and solemnities; the last duties performed to a deceased person. Dryden. [Milton uses the word in the singular, but the common usage is different.]
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