obsequy
obsequy
nounDefinition of OBSEQUY
usually obsequies pl the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place <the murder victim's father was the chief mourner at the obsequies>
Synonyms burying, entombing, entombment, inhumation, interment, interring, obsequy (usually obsequies), sepulture
Near Antonyms cremation
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