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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1420, 1513-1566
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Exequies, Exequeis, n. pl. Also: exeqwyis, exequeys. [ME. exequies (Wyclif), OF. exequies, exeques. Cf. Exequias,n. pl.] Funeral rites. a1400 Legends of the Saints xvii. 201.
Al hyre covent … hyre exequies dewotly did, … & solempnitly c1420 Wynt. vii. 2023.
Efftyre tha exeqwyis [C. exequies] … Till Lwndyn this ilk Rychard past c1420 Ib. ix. 520. 1513 Doug. v. ii. 24.
Netheles suld I seruyce anniuersar, And exequeys, … Dewly perform 1558-66 Knox I. 179.
To await what exequeis his brethrene the Bischoppes wold prepare for him
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