Exequy (noun)
ek-si-kwee
Usually exequies. Funeral rites or ceremonies; obsequies. / A funeral procession.
1350–1400; Middle English exequies (plural) < Medieval Latin, Latin exequiae literally, train of followers, equivalent to ex- ex- 1 + sequ ( ī ) to follow) + -iae, feminine plural noun suffix
Example sentences
“The exequy was a solemn affair.”
Boscage (noun) bos-kij a mass of trees or shrubs; wood, grove, or thicket. 1350–1400; Middle English boskage. Middle French boscage. (more…)
