单词 | obsequial |
释义 | obsequialadj. Of or relating to funerals. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > obsequies > [adjective] obsequious1594 exequious1619 obsequiala1686 a1686 J. Gordon Hist. Scots Affairs (1841) I. 18 James Ducke of Lennox, being..come to Scottland for to performe the obseqwiall dutye to his mother's funerall. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxiii. 185 Funerary and Obsequial Festivals. 1845 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 I. vii. 467 To perform the obsequial rites. 1845 S. Judd Margaret ii. i. 201 Parson Welles, as the last obsequial act..thanked the people for their kindness..to the dead and the living. 1919 D. H. Lawrence Bay (1993) 167 (title of poem) 29 Obsequial chant. 1961 Population Stud. 14 240 The obsequial ceremonies performed at stated intervals after the person's death. 1982 Jrnl. Asian Stud. 41 874 The prestation of the dead person's clothes to the ritualist is part of most Indian obsequial ritual. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1686 |
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