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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OBIT'UARY, n.
1. A list of the dead, or a register of obitual anniversary days, when service is performed for the dead.
2. An account of persons deceased; notice of the death of a person, often accompanied with a brief biographical sketch of his character.
OBIT'UARY, a. Relating to the decease of a person or persons; as an obituary notice.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography [syn: obituary, obit, necrology]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -aries) Etymology: Medieval Latin obituarium, from Latin obitus death Date: 1738 a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account • obituarist noun • obituary adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -ies) 1 a notice of a death or deaths esp. in a newspaper. 2 an account of the life of a deceased person. 3 (attrib.) of or serving as an obituary. Derivatives: obituarial adj. obituarist n. Etymology: med.L obituarius f. L obitus death f. obire obit- die (as OB-, ire go)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Obituary O*bit"u*a*ry, n.; pl. Obituaries. [Cf. F. obituaire. See Obit.] 1. That which pertains to, or is called forth by, the obit or death of a person; esp., an account of a deceased person; a notice of the death of a person, accompanied by a biographical sketch. 2. (R.C.Ch.) A list of the dead, or a register of anniversary days when service is performed for the dead.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(obituaries) Someone's obituary is an account of their life and character which is printed in a newspaper or broadcast soon after they die. I read your brother's obituary in the Times. N-COUNT: oft poss N

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Necrology.

Moby Thesaurus

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