Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Obsequy

Obsequy , noun

[Latin obsequiae, pl., funeral rites, from obsequi: compare French obsèques. See Obsequent, and compare Obsequious.]

1.
The last duty or service to a person, rendered after his death; hence, a rite or ceremony pertaining to burial; -- now used only in the plural. — Spencer
I will... fetch him hence, and solemnly attend, With silent obsequy and funeral train. — Milton
I will myself Be the chief mourner at his obsequies. — Dryden
The funeral obsequies were decently and privately performed by his family. — J. P. Mahaffy
2.
Obsequiousness. [Obsolete] — B. Jonson