exequy

Pronunciation: /ˈɛksɪkwi/

The English word “exequy” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

Funeral rites.

Etymology

A back-formation from exequies, from Middle English exequies, from Old French exequies, from Latin exsequiās, accusative of exsequiae (“a funeral, seeing-off procession”).

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