Obsequies

And the lamenting of deathes was chiefly at the very burialls of the dead, also at monethes mindes and longer times, by custome continued yearely, when as they vsed many offices of seruice and loue towardes the dead, and thereupon are called Obsequies in our vulgare, which was done not onely by cladding the mourners their friendes and seruantes in blacke vestures, of shape dolefull and sad, but also by wofull countenaunces and voyces, and besides by Poeticall mournings in verse.

The Arte of English Poesie 1569

I shall not try the Patience of your Audience with Particulars of these Peregrinations, but only say that, whilst the ghostly State hath many Advantages, many also are the Duties & necessary Obsequies that a true Ghost must perform in the Spirit World.

"Trolling is basically Internet eugenics... I want everyone off the Internet. Bloggers are filth. They need to be destroyed." Ann Althouse 2008

Obsequies of the Spring, and proclaim Silence to the whole Quire of chirping Musicians.

The Amours of Bosvil and Galesia 2008

Obsequies of the Spring, and proclaim Silence to the whole Quire of chirping Musicians.

The Amours of Bosvil and Galesia 2008

Obsequies enough have been recited over Blair's moral imperialism and it has met its nemesis in the impending retreat from Iraq and the murderous shambles in Afghanistan.

Simon Jenkins: Toasting Tony 2008

On the opposite side, facing each other, rose, high above the ground, two altars for the services of the Buddhist and Taoist priests, while a placard bore the inscription in bold type: Funeral Obsequies of lady

Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Xueqin Cao

Obsequies more heartless in their manner of performance, it was never the fate of the four to behold.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 Various

Passing over _Te Deums_ for victories like Agincourt and Obsequies for the dead -- this latter a source of income to the officers -- we will close this chapter with the wedding of Arthur, Prince of Wales, a lad of fifteen, to Catherine of

Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch Arthur Dimock

Mr. Bridgman has painted -- and well painted too -- the _Obsequies of a Mummy upon the Nile_, but why could he not as well have gratified us with some equally impressive scene from the life of the pioneers in the Far West, where wondrous landscape and romantic incident might so well combine to furnish a new sensation to the amateurs of London and

Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science Various

Mr. Polly's conception of his own pose and expression was rendered by that uncontrollable phrasemonger at the back as "Obsequies Deference."

The History of Mr. Polly 1906