1. 1喪禮、葬禮(文言書面;平常就說「葬禮」)

    Obsequies are the ceremonies of a funeral — the service, the rites, the formal goodbye. The word is almost always plural; the old singular obsequy is rarely seen now. It is a , rather old-fashioned word. In ordinary English people say funeral or funeral service. You will meet obsequies in novels, history, and grave newspaper reports, not in a text message. It looks a lot like obsequious, but they are different words now: one is about burying the dead, the other is about the living.

組成Plural of the rare word obsequy. From Middle English obsequies, from Latin obsequiae (funeral rites).

同家族的字

  • obsequythe rare singular form of the same word

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

obsequiesnoun/ˈɒbsəkwiːz/

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    Funeral rites.

    • A murmur of astonishment ran through the chapel. It was hushed instantly, for, at a sign from Lord Avonleigh, the coffin was carried into the vault; and again the voice of the priest was the only sound, breathing the last and solemn benediction of the mournful obsequies.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

  • obsequy
  • obsequie

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