WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
ob•se•quy
(ob′si kwē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -quies. Usually, obsequies.
- a funeral rite or ceremony.
- Late Latin obsequiae, alteration (by confusion with exsequiae funeral rites) of obsequia, plural of Latin obsequium; see obsequious
- Middle French
- Middle English obseque 1350–1400