obsequies
Noun
Meaning
See Obsequy.
of Obsequy
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
entombment
interment
funeral
elegy
ceremony
burial
wake
mourning
burying
anointing of the sick
cremation
last rites
committal
inhumation
sepulture
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Call it not vain they do not err Who say that when the poet dies Mute Nature mourns her worshipper, And celebrates his obsequies.
Every moment celebrates obsequies over the virtues of its predecessor.
It was appointed by law in Athens, that the obsequies of the citizens who fell in battle should be performed at the public expense, and in the most honorable manner.