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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NECROLOGY, n. [dead, and discourse] An account of the dead or of deaths; a register of deaths.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography [syn: obituary, obit, necrology]
2: a list of people who died recently

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -gies) Etymology: New Latin necrologium, from necr- + -logium (as in Medieval Latin eulogium eulogy) Date: 1799 1. obituary 2. a list of the recently dead • necrological adjective • necrologist noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -ies) 1 a list of recently dead people. 2 an obituary notice. Derivatives: necrological adj.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Necrology Ne*crol"o*gy, n.; pl. Necrologies. [Gr. ? a dead person + -logy: cf. F. n['e]crologie. See Necromancy.] An account of deaths, or of the dead; a register of deaths; a collection of obituary notices.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Obituary, register of deaths.

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