exequy

== English == === Etymology === A back-formation from exequies, from Middle English exequies, from Old French exequies, from Latin exsequiās, accusative of exsequiae (“a funeral, seeing-off procession”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛksɪkwi/ === Noun === exequy (plural exequies) (obsolete, now only in plural) Funeral rites. 1609, Douay–Rheims Bible, Old Testament, volume I (1635 reprint), “The Second Book of Samuel, which we cal the Second of Kings.”, chapter i, marginal note b, page 573: Exequies of Saul obſerued with mourning weeping and faſting. ==== Alternative forms ==== exsequy ==== Derived terms ====