Obsequies vs Rites - What's the difference?
obsequies | rites | Related terms |
(label) funeral rites
see obsequy
* The Pocket Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus. American Edition. Oxford University Press, 1997
* Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language . Random House, 1996.
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Obsequies is a related term of rites.
As verbs the difference between obsequies and rites
is that obsequies is while rites is .obsequies
English
Noun
Usage notes
* the plural only usage is favored by the Oxford Dictionaryobsequies ('obsequy' not listed)]. Oxford Dictionaries Online, Oxford University Press, and thus can be considered to be British, whereas Webster's dictionary, with prevalence of the usage in the plural being noted, gives both singular and plural forms of the word[http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/obsequy obsequy. Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. * in modern usage, not to be confused with obsequious
