obsequies

• The obsequies were at the discretion of the commonest valets, all the rest of the house having suddenly deserted. —  The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, V5
• On Thursday, the 28th of November, the solemn obsequies were again performed, this time at Notre Dame, and with the usual ceremonies CHAPTER LXXIX The death of the King surprised M. le Duc d'Orleans in the midst of his idleness as though it had not been foreseen. —  The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, V11
• Bishop Laval being then in France, the obsequies were performed by Monsieur de Bernieres, Vicar- General of the diocese, Father Superior of the monastery, and nephew to the kind friend of the same name who had so efficiently promoted the success of the Ursuline foundation at Quebec. —  The Life of the Venerable Mother Mary of the Incarnation
• It was with great propriety that he attended the obsequies, and returned to spend a sympathetic day or two of mourning with his widowed sister-in-law, who was but a faint-hearted dame, little fit to be mated with such hawks as these. —  Collected Stories
• The funeral procession went by water from Westminster to St. Mary Overy, where his obsequies were performed, and his intestines buried before the high altar, in order that the honour of holding his remains might be shared by the two principal churches in his diocese. —  Bell's Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral Formerly the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour, Otherwise St. Mary Overie. A Short History and Description of the Fabric, with Some Account of the College and the See

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