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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
obsequies /ˈɒbsɪkwɪz/

▶plural noun funeral rites.

– origin ME: pl. of obs. obsequy, from Anglo-Norman Fr., from the med. L. pl. obsequiae (from L. exsequiae ‘funeral rites’, influenced by obsequium ‘dutiful service’).

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