Go to MSN Homeencarta®
Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Click to move up the list of words
exemplify
exemplum
exempt
exempt employee
exempt gilt
exempt securities
exemption
exenterate
exequies
exercise
exercise ball
exercise bike
exercise book
exercise music
exercise price
exercise value
exerciser
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

exequies
ex·e·quies [ éksə kwz ]


plural noun 
Definition:
 
U.K. funeral rites: a funeral ceremony ( formal )

[14th century. Via French< Latin exsequias "funeral procession, obsequies" < exsequi "accompany to the grave" (see execute)]
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Advertisement
© 2009 Microsoft