Obsequy (original) (raw)
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated
Example:
hundreds of people attended his funeral
Synonyms:
funeral; obsequy
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("obsequy" is a kind of...):
ceremonial; ceremonial occasion; ceremony; observance (a formal event performed on a special occasion)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "obsequy"):
burial; entombment; inhumation; interment; sepulture (the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave)
sky burial (a traditional Tibetan funeral ritual in which the corpse is exposed to the open air to be eaten by sacred vultures)