obsequy

CIDE DICTIONARY

obsequy, n. [L. obsequiae, pl., funeral rites, fr. obsequi: cf. F. obsèques. See Obsequent, and cf. Obsequious.].

•  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.  [1913 Webster]

  "I will . . . fetch him hence, and solemnly attend,
  With silent obsequy and funeral train."  [1913 Webster]

  "I will myself
  Be the chief mourner at his obsequies."  [1913 Webster]

  "The funeral obsequies were decently and privately performed by his family."  [1913 Webster]
•  Obsequiousness.  B. Jonson.  [1913 Webster]