What does "exequies" mean?

plural of exequy (“funeral rites”)

What is a synonym for "exequies"?

Common synonyms include: burial, deathwatch, dirge, eulogy, extreme unction, funeral.

Exequies

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plural of exequy (“funeral rites”) form-of, obsolete, plural

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burial deathwatch dirge eulogy extreme unction funeral

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"And they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is situated beyond the Jordan: where celebrating the exequies with a great and vehement lamentation, they spent full seven days."

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