Definition of "obsequy"

And to the ladyes he reſtored agayn / The bodyes of her huſbandes yͭ were ſlayn / To done obſequies as tho was the gyſe.And to the ladies he restored again / The bodies of their husbands that were slain / To do obsequies as then was the custom.

1478, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales

It was a rather ghastly ceremony, but it was the only means in our power of showing our respect to the faithful dead and of celebrating his obsequies.

1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887

But, to-day, there were no obsequies to observe at all.

1919 , Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 13