Ōb'se-quy, n.

n. ; pl. ŌB'SE-QUIES. [Lat. obsequium, compliance, from obsequi; Sp. obsequio, It. ossequio. See OBSEQUENT, and cf. OBSEQUIOUS.] 1. A funeral rite or solemnity; the last duty performed to a deceased person;—rare in the singular; chiefly used in the plural. Him I'll solemnly attend With silent obsequy and funeral train. Milton. I will myself Be the chief mourner at his obsequies. Dryden. 2. Obsequiousness. [Obs.] I am enforced to eat my careful bread With too much obsequy. E. Jonson.