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exequial, a.|ɛkˈsiːkwɪəl|
[ad. L. exequiāl-is (exsequiāl-is), f. ex(s)equiæ: see exequy.]
Of or pertaining to a funeral.
1613J. Dunster in Spurgeon Treas. Dav. Ps. lxxix. 2 The manner of our burial, the exequial pomp, etc. 1725–6Pope Odyss. xxiv. 108 Thetis herself to all our peers proclaims Heroic prizes and exequial games. 1751Cambridge Scribleriad iv. 16 Rites exequial [must] grace his honour'd tomb. 1820Blackw. Mag. VII. 194 The last book of the Iliad..has supplied a great part of the exequial diction. 1866F. Hall in Wilson Vishńu Puráńa III. 120 note, The former term imports undeserving of exequial offerings. |