exequy

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Funeral rites. obsolete,plural
    — But yet, before we go, let’s not forget The noble Duke of Bedford late deceased, But see his exequies fulfill’d in Rouen:

词形变化

exequies plural exsequy alternative

词源

A back-formation from exequies, from Middle English exequies, from Old French exequies, from Latin exsequiās, accusative of exsequiae (“a funeral, seeing-off procession”).
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