(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:32:13

Ex"e*quy (?), n.;pl. Exequies (#). [L. exequiae, exsequiae, a funeral procession, fr. exsequi to follow out: cf. OF. exeques. See Exequte.]

A funeral rite (usually in the plural); the ceremonies of burial; obsequies; funeral procession.

But see his exequies fulfilled in Rouen. Shak.

 

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