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Definition of Exequy
1. n. A funeral rite (usually in the plural); the ceremonies of burial; obsequies; funeral procession.
Definition of Exequy
1. Noun. (obsolete now only in plural) Funeral rites. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Exequy
1. a funeral procession [n -QUIES] : EXEQUIAL [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Exequy
Literary usage of Exequy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon i.e. Alexandre Le'on Valle'e, Léon Vallée, Alois Leonhard Brandl (1899)
"exequy. BY HENRY KING, BISHOP OF Cin< HESTER. [1592-1669; Chaplain to James I.]
ACCEPT, thou shrine of my dead saint, Instead of dirges, this complaint; ..."
2. The Blameless Prince: And Other Poems by Edmund Clarence Stedman (1869)
"... THE DUKE'S exequy. ARRAS, AD 1404. /CLOTHED in sable, crowned with gold, All
his wars and councils ended, ..."
3. Select Beauties of Ancient English Poetry by Henry Headley, Henry Kett (1810)
"THE exequy. ACCEPT, thou shrine of my dead saint; Instead of dirges, this complaint;
And for sweet flowers to crown thy hearse, Receive a strew of weeping ..."
4. The International Library of Famous Literature: Selections from the World's by Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell, Caroline Ticknor, Nathan Haskell Dole, Forrest Morgan (1898)
"... Or draw his frailties from their dread abode; There they alike in trembling
hope repose, The bosom of his Father and his God. exequy. ..."
5. The International Library of Famous Literature: Selections from the World's by Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl, Donald Grant Mitchell (1899)
"... Or draw his frailties from their dread abode; There they alike in trembling
hope repose, The bosom of his Father and his God. exequy. ..."
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