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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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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