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   Ob·se·quies

   /ˈäbsəkwēz/

   

   plural

   • 1. funeral rites.

   Word Origin late Middle English: plural of obsolete obsequy, from Anglo-Norman French obsequie, from the medieval Latin plural obsequiae (from Latin exsequiae ‘funeral rites’, influenced by obsequium ‘dutiful service’).

   Scrabble Points: 20

   • O

     1

   • B

     3

   • S

     1

   • E

     1

   • Q

     10

   • U

     1

   • I

     1

   • E

     1

   • S

     1

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