obsequies

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I don’t want to add here to the emotional obsequies being written for the Washington Post, after its latest round of contraction last week.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

The diplomatic focus will be on the part of St Peter's Square where presidents and prime ministers, princes and monarchs will sit waiting for the obsequies to begin.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2025

Collective memory cannot be battered into adoring someone by official obsequies.

From The Guardian • Apr. 10, 2013

In his radio interview, Mr. Medinsky pledged to make it an occasion to remember and to observe all the obsequies.

From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2012

Unwillingly do the manes of the deceased taste the tears and rheum shed by their kinsmen: then do not wait, but diligently perform the obsequies of the dead.

From The Masculine Cross A History of Ancient and Modern Crosses and Their Connection with the Mysteries of Sex Worship; Also an Account of the Kindred Phases of Phallic Faiths and Practices by Anonymous