Obsequies vs Rites - What's the difference?
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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
(label) funeral rites
see obsequy
Usage notes
* the plural only usage is favored by the Oxford Dictionary[ ]obsequies ('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
References
* 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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rites English
Noun
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Derived terms
* last rites
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