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')
Groans and convulsions, and a discoloured face, and friends weeping, and blacks, and obsequies, and the like, show death terrible. 呻吟与痉挛，变色的面目，朋友哭泣，墨绖及葬仪，诸如此类都显得死底可怕。
