Exequies
51funeral — [n] ceremony for the dead burial, cremation, entombment, exequies, funeration, inhumation, interment, last rites, obit, obsequies, planting, requiem, sepulture, services, solemnities; concepts 172,386 Ant. baptism, christening …
52execute — [14] The original meaning of execute in English was ‘carry out’, but the sense ‘kill judicially’ had already developed by the end of the 15th century (it comes from the notion of ‘carrying out’ a sentence). The word comes via Old French executer… …
53obsequies — [äb′si kwēz΄] pl.n. [< obs. sing. obsequy < OFr obseques < ML obsequiae (pl.) (< L obsequium, compliance: see OBSEQUIOUS), substituted for L exsequiae: see EXEQUIES] funeral rites or ceremonies …
54obsequies — n.pl. 1 funeral rites. 2 a funeral. Derivatives: obsequial adj. Etymology: ME, pl. of obs. obsequy f. AF obsequie, OF obseque f. med.L obsequiae f. L exsequiae funeral rites (see EXEQUIES): assoc. with obsequium (see OBSEQUIOUS) * * * obsequies… …
