exequial, a.
(ɛkˈsiːkwɪəl)
[ad. L. exequiāl-is (exsequiāl-is), f. ex(s)equiæ: see exequy.]
Of or pertaining to a funeral.
| 1613 J. Dunster in Spurgeon Treas. Dav. Ps. lxxix. 2 The manner of our burial, the exequial pomp, etc. 1725–6 Pope Odyss. xxiv. 108 Thetis herself to all our peers proclaims Heroic prizes and exequial games. 1751 Cambridge Scribleriad iv. 16 Rites exequial [must] grace his honour'd tomb. 1820 Blackw. Mag. VII. 194 The last book of the Iliad..has supplied a great part of the exequial diction. 1866 F. Hall in Wilson Vish{nacu}u Purá{nacu}a III. 120 note, The former term imports undeserving of exequial offerings. |