Necrology

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A list of people who have died, especially in the recent past or during a specific period.
  • n. An obituary.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A church register containing the names of those connected with the church who have died.
  • n. A listing of people who have died during a specific period of time.
  • n. A notice of death; an obituary.
  • n. The study of death or the dead.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An account of deaths, or of the dead; a register of deaths; a collection of obituary notices.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A register of persons, as members of a society, etc., who die within a certain time; an obituary, or a collection of obituary notices.
  • n. Formerly, in religious houses, a book which contained the names of persons for whose souls prayer was to be offered, as founders of the establishment, benefactors, and members.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography
  • n. a list of people who died recently
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    notice    listing    list   
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    obituary   
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