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exequy

/ˈɛksɪkwi/

exequy noun: funeral rites.

Noun

exequy (plural exequies)

  1. (obsolete, plural) Funeral rites.
    • But yet, before we go, let’s not forget
      The noble Duke of Bedford late deceased,
      But see his exequies fulfill’d in Rouen:1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    • EDWARD. Whether goes my Lord of Couentrie so fast?
      BISHOP. To celebrate your fathers exequies,1594, Christopher Marlow[e], The Troublesome Raigne and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second, King of England: […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press] for Henry Bell, […], published 1622, →OCLC...

exequy meaning in Bengali and Malayalam

exequy in Bengali

অন্ত্যেষ্টিক্রিয়া অনুষ্ঠান

exequy in Malayalam

ഉദകക്രിയ, ശവസംസ്കാരകർമ്മം

Forms of exequy

pluralexequies
alternative formexsequy

Origin of exequy

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

Words formed from exequy

Questions about exequy

What does exequy mean?
Exequy means funeral rites.
What is exequy in Bengali?
Exequy in Bengali is অন্ত্যেষ্টিক্রিয়া অনুষ্ঠান. See Exequy meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is exequy?
Exequy is a noun.
How do you pronounce exequy?
Exequy is pronounced /ˈɛksɪkwi/.
What is the plural of exequy?
The plural of exequy is exequies.

Words near exequy in the dictionary

  1. exequatur
  2. exequaturs
  3. exequial
  4. exequies
  5. exequious
  6. exequy
  7. exequys
  8. exerbike
  9. exerbikes
  10. exercent
  11. exercice

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