Obsequy \Ob"se*quy\, n.; pl. {Obsequies}. [L. obsequiae, pl., funeral rites, fr. obsequi: cf. F. obs[`e]ques. 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.