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单词 obsequies
释义
obsequiesob‧se‧quies /ˈɒbsəkwiz $ ˈɑːb-/ noun [plural] formal Word Origin
WORD ORIGINobsequies
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French, Medieval Latin obsequiae, from (influenced by Latin obsequium; OBSEQUIOUS) Latin exsequiae ‘funeral ceremony’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • He also wished to leave because the nuns were still engaged in the obsequies preceding the funerals of their two dead colleagues.
  • She just hoped she would be spared a pressing invitation to his obsequies.
  • Some of the obsequies that marked Chris Woodhead's passing spoke of his work to improve school standards.
word sets
WORD SETS
asphyxia, nounautopsy, nounbarrow, nounbequeath, verbbereaved, adjectivebereavement, nounbier, nounbody bag, nounbody count, nounburial, nounbury, verbcasket, nouncatacomb, nouncatafalque, nouncemetery, nouncenotaph, nouncharnel house, nounchurchyard, nouncoffin, nouncommittal, nouncondolence, nouncoroner, nouncorpse, nouncortege, nouncot death, nouncremate, verbcrematorium, nouncrib death, nouncrucifixion, nouncrucify, verbcrypt, noundeath mask, noundemise, noundeparted, adjectiveD.O.A., adjectivedrown, verbembalm, verbend, nounepitaph, nouneulogy, nounexhume, verbexpire, verbfatality, nounfuneral, nounfunerary, adjectivefunereal, adjectivegrave, noungravedigger, noungravestone, noungraveyard, nounheadstone, nounhearse, nounhospice, nouninter, verbinterment, nounmausoleum, nounmorgue, nounmortality, nounmortician, nounmortuary, nounmortuary, adjectivemourner, nounmourning, nounmummify, verbmummy, nounnecrophilia, nounobsequies, nounpall, nounpallbearer, nounpassing, nounperish, verbplot, nounprobate, nounprobate, verbpyre, nounquietus, nounremains, nounrest, verbrigor mortis, nounRIP, rise, verbsarcophagus, nounsepulchre, nounshroud, nounthrenody, nountoll, nountomb, nountombstone, nountumulus, nounundertaker, nounundertaking, nounurn, nounvault, nounwake, nounwar memorial, nounwill, nounwinding sheet, nounwreath, noun
a funeral ceremony
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