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Meaning of "exequies" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EXEQUIES

From Latin exequiae (plural) funeral procession, rites, from exequī to follow to the end, from sequī to follow.
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PRONUNCIATION OF EXEQUIES

exequies  [ˈɛksɪkwɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EXEQUIES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Exequies is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES EXEQUIES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of exequies in the English dictionary

The definition of exequies in the dictionary is the rites and ceremonies used at funerals.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EXEQUIES


colloquies
ˈkɒləkwɪz
obsequies
ˈɒbsɪkwɪz
quiz
kwɪz
soliloquies
səˈlɪləkwɪz
squiz
skwɪz
swiz
swɪz
swizz
swɪz
whiz
wɪz
whizz
wɪz
wiz
wɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EXEQUIES

exemplify
exemplum
exempt
exemption
exemption clause
exemptive
exenterate
exenteration
exequatur
exequial
exequy
exercisable
exercise
exercise bench
exercise bike
exercise book
exercise class
exercise cycle
exercise equipment
exercise price

WORDS THAT END LIKE EXEQUIES

accessories
activities
agencies
categories
celebrities
cities
communities
companies
cookies
countries
entries
facilities
families
galleries
hobbies
humanities
industries
ladies
obloquies
somniloquies

Synonyms and antonyms of exequies in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «exequies» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EXEQUIES

Find out the translation of exequies to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of exequies from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «exequies» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

exequies
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

exequias
570 millions of speakers

English

exequies
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

exequies
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

exequies
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

exequies
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

exéquias
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শেষকৃত্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

funérailles
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kesucian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Exequien
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

exequies
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

exequies
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Exequies
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tang lể
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

exequies
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नवविवाहिता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

cenaze töreni
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

esequie
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

egzekwie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

exequies
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

exequies
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

exequies
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

exequies
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

exequies
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

exequies
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of exequies

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EXEQUIES»

The term «exequies» is used very little and occupies the 175.616 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EXEQUIES» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «exequies» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «exequies» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about exequies

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EXEQUIES»

Discover the use of exequies in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to exequies and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Music as Social and Cultural Practice: Essays in Honour of ...
Moreover (as explained below), it is evident that the capilla real – and not the cathedral – was the normal location for Granada's civic exequies for royalty at this period. The role of the maestro de capilla of the capilla real would thus (in normal  ...
Melania Bucciarelli, Berta Joncus, 2007
2
Inventing Lima
Among these, the more majestic and costly ceremonies staged in viceregal Lima were the Royal Exequies and the king's Proclamation. In the Spanish Habsburg dominions, these ceremonies constituted paramount occasions for cities to ...
Alejandra B. Osorio, 2008
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The Emblematic Queen: Extra-Literary Representations of ...
The second day was devoted to the exequies proper, and began with the Mass of the Holy Spirit and a Mass of the Virgin. The centerpiece of the exequies was a laudatory sermon delivered before the brightly illuminated catafalque by one of ...
Debra Barrett-Graves, 2013
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Annals of Cambridge
-W. and for exequies, £1. 8*. 4d. . 74 10 0 THE VICEPROVOST, for his pension, commons, office, sermons, exequies, and livery . : 14 15 6 DEAN OF DIVINITY; for his stipend, commons, office, sermons, livery, and exequies 1018 4 Two DEANS ...
Charles Henry Cooper, John William Cooper, 1842
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Records of the Borough of Leicester
Elkesley, chaplain, in the church of St Margaret aforesaid on the 11th day of August, to wit exequies and requiem mass with music (cum nota) : In such a way that the chamberlains of the town of Leicester for the time being shall pay the vicar of ...
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From Madrid to Purgatory: The Art and Craft of Dying in ...
On late medieval Burgundian funeral rites, see L. Lemaire, "La mort de Philippe le Bon," Revue du Nord 1 (1910): 321-6; and the manuscript account of Philip the Good's exequies, ed. E. Lory, under the title Les obseques de Philippe le Bon ...
Carlos M. N. Eire, 2002
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Collection of statutes for the University and colleges of ...
exequies, masses, and psalms for the regents, shall be left to the discretion and judgment of the chancellor or his locum tenens, provided that he does not defer the aforesaid for more than two days immediately following. 1 78. Of Exequies to  ...
Cambridge univ, statutes, James Heywood, 1840
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Collection of Statutes for the University and the Colleges ...
exequies, masses, and psalms for the regents, shall be left to the discretion and judgment of the chancellor or his locum tenens, provided that he does not defer the aforesaid for more than two days immediately following. 1 78. Of Exequies to  ...
James Heywood, 1840
9
The Royal Chapel in the Time of the Habsburgs: Music and ...
Date Occasion Liturgical ceremony Ceremonial space Involvement of chapels 2- 3 June 5 June 1 1 June Exequies Wedding Vigil and requiem mass ? Mass 31 July & 2-3 Exequies Vigil and requiem mass ? August 14 August Vespers of the ...
Juan José Carreras López, Bernardo José García García, Tess Knighton, 2005
10
Art Without an Author: Vasari's Lives and Michelangelo's Death
Cosimo I allowed the use of the Church of San Lorenzo for the exequies on March 10. See Cosimo I's letter to Borghini, in Vasari 1923-40, 2:903. In the text of the exequies, the same letter is dated March 8 in Wittkower and Wittkower 1964, 63.
Marco Ruffini, 2011

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EXEQUIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term exequies is used in the context of the following news items.
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Written by Msgr. David Q. Liptak
In addition to all of the above-cited aspects of the Mass in the context of funeral exequies, death for a Christian is theologically related to the ... «The Catholic Transcript, Nov 13»
2
3 SoCal Students Correctly Spell Words In Advanced Rounds Of …
He then correctly spelled exequies, meaning funeral ceremonies. Justin K. Chuang, a 13-year-old seventh-grader at Chaparral Middle School ... «CBS Local, May 12»
3
The 54th Venice Biennale
... watching the filmed burial of Bin Laden himself, somehow bootlegged into Venice, as two soldiers solemnly performed the exequies at sea. «Taipei Times, Jun 11»
4
Inheritance by Nicholas Shakespeare: review
... sidles into the wrong chapel at Richmond crematorium and finds himself at the sparsely attended exequies of one Christopher Madigan. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 10»
5
Cutting Edge Senior Correspondent
The aged athlete, deep-sea fisherman, executioner, lover, and sonorous rhetorician even now plans the exequies that will attend a death ... «The Cutting Edge, Feb 09»
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Bringing back Tito
How many came to the exequies of Slobodan Milosevic? That's how far Yugoslavia has fallen, and how fast. "Yugonostalgia" used to be a term ... «Independent, Feb 08»
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Overlooked classical music treasures that should be unearthed
... road to Damascus, which can be heard on an Archiv recording by John Eliot Gardiner headlined by the noble "Musical Exequies" (423 4052). «San Francisco Chronicle, Jan 08»

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