as in interment
usually obsequies plural 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

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interment
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  • From the day of death until the interment of an associate justice of the Supreme Court, a secretary of an executive or military department, a former vice president or the governor of a state.
    Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Governor Laura Kelly ordered flags at the State Capitol Complex and all court buildings to be lowered until the judge's interment, citing his long service on the bench.
    Matt Cannon, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Obsequy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obsequy. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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