Crossword-Solution: OBSEQUIES
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Obsequies | n.pl. | See Obsequy. |
| Obsequies | pl. | of Obsequy |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| OBSEQUIES | anagram | ESSEQUIBO |
We have 10 clues for the answer “OBSEQUIES”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Funeral rites | 2 answers |
| BURIAL procession | 2 answers |
| SERVICE for the dead | 2 answers |
| FUNERAL service | 2 answers |
| last post | 11 answers |
| funeral | 12 answers |
| burial | 22 answers |
| cortege | 26 answers |
| wake | 32 answers |
| Fire | 120 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TAEER
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with OBSEQUIES (5)
What but the thought of our two brothers dead, The one by Creon graced with funeral rites, The other disappointed? Eteocles He hath consigned to earth (as fame reports) With obsequies that use and wont ordain, So gracing him among the dead below.
And when he done it the third time he says: “I say orgies, not because it’s the common term, because it ain’t—obsequies bein’ the common term—but because orgies is the right term.
Having thus formally introduced the guests to the different chambers in which the obsequies of Athelstane were celebrated under different forms, Cedric conducted them into a small room, destined, as he informed them, for the exclusive accomodation of honourable guests, whose more slight connexion with the deceased might render them unwilling to join those who were immediately effected by the unhappy event.
Here they carried their trade into purgatory by masses for souls, and vigils, and weekly, monthly, and yearly celebrations of obsequies, and finally by the Common Week and All Souls Day, by soul-baths so that the Mass is used almost alone for the dead, although Christ has instituted the Sacrament alone for the living.
Casimir being a prudent man, counted the money himself, and after doing so, “Who will attend to the count’s obsequies?” he inquired.
Quotes with OBSEQUIES (2)
All these last offices and ceremonies that concern the dead, the careful funeral arrangements, and the equipment of the tomb, and the pomp of obsequies, are rather the solace of the living than the comfort of the dead.
It was appointed by law in Athens, that the obsequies of the citizens who fell in battle should be performed at the public expense, and in the most honorable manner.