\Ob"se*quy\, n.; pl. {Obsequies}. [L. obsequiae, pl.,
funeral rites, fr. obsequi: cf.F. obs[`e]ques. See
{Obsequent}, and cf. {Obsequious}.]
1. The last duty or service to a person, rendered after his
   death; hence, a rite or ceremony pertaining to burial; --
   now used only in the plural. --Spencer.
         I will . . . fetch him hence, and solemnly attend,
         With silent obsequy and funeral train. --Milton
         I will myself Be the chief mourner at his obsequies.
                                               --Dryden.
         The funeral obsequies were decently and privately
         performed by his family               --J. P.
                                               Mahaffy.
2. Obsequiousness. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.