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Antonyms for exequies
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ek-si-kwee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛk sɪ kwi |
Definition of exequies
- As in last rites : noun rites performed for death
- As in burial : noun laying in of dead body
- As in inhumation : noun burial
- As in funeral : noun ceremony for the dead
- Also I bequeath for two candles to burn at my exequies 30 lbs.
- Extract from : « Life in a Medival City » by Edwin Benson
- His bodie was buried in an old churchyard of the pied friers, without any manner of exequies of funerall seruice doone for him.
- Extract from : « Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (10 of 12) » by Raphael Holinshed
Synonyms for exequies
- burial
- burial service
- burying
- cremation
- deep six
- deposition
- entombment
- exequies
- extreme unction
- funeral
- funeral ceremony
- funeral rites
- funeral service
- funeration
- inhumation
- interment
- last duty
- last honors
- last offices
- last rites
- memorial service
- obit
- obsequies
- planting
- requiem
- sacrament of the sick
- sepulture
- services
- solemnities
- viaticum
- visitation of the sick
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