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A notice of someone's death
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necrology
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"register of deaths, obituary," 1705, from necro- + -logy .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography [syn: obituary , obit ] a list of people who died recently
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Necrology is an EP by Swedish goregrind band General Surgery . The first press, released as 7" vinyl, includes only the first 5 tracks. Re-released in 1993 by Nuclear Blast as cd in a "poster bag" format with a poster holding the lyrics on one side and ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Necrology \Ne*crol"o*gy\, n.; pl. Necrologies . [Gr. nekro`s 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.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context church history English) A church register containing the names of those connected with the church who have died. 2 A listing of people who have died during a specific period of time. 3 A notice of death; an obituary. 4 The study of death or ...
Usage examples of necrology.
William knew about necrology, including what went on in funeral homes.
A cell in Fontevrault and ultimately an enrollment in its necrology should have satisfied a captive queen of fifty-three, whose path in life had led her in any case to seclusion from the world.
Professor Podvolotsky of the Naval Academy, mentioned in the necrology, is the grandfather of one of our girls.
The idea of a Pantheon predated the Revolution, and a number of projects of the 1770s listed the same worthies who had figured in the necrologies and medallic histories: Turenne, Colbert, Lamoignon.