#455 exequies

exequies- the rites and ceremonies used at funerals; exequy (singular)

C14 from Latin exequiae (plural) funeral procession, rites, from exequi to follow to the end, from sequi to follow

The media exequies for Cronkite were no surprise, of course: there is no undertaker like television, and he was its own.

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