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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | Copyright

exequies funeral rites. XIV. — OF. — L. acc. exsequiās, nom. -iæ funeral procession or ceremonies, f. exsequĩ follow after, accompany (see EXECUTE).

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