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exsequy

exsequy is the alternative spelling of exequy.

Meaning of exequy

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]...

Forms of exsequy

pluralexsequies

Questions about exsequy

What is exsequy the alternative spelling of?
Exsequy is the alternative spelling of exequy.

Words near exsequy in the dictionary

  1. exsections
  2. exsects
  3. exsequatur
  4. exsequaturs
  5. exsequies
  6. exsequy
  7. exsert
  8. exserted
  9. exsertile
  10. exserting
  11. exsertion

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