01 a. Of or pertaining to the death of a person or persons; as, an obituary notice; obituary poetry.
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Of or pertaining to the death of a person or persons; as, an obituary notice; obituary poetry.
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5 senses · 2 variants
Webster, 1913
Obituary
02 n. That which pertains to, or is called forth by, the obit or death of a person; esp., an account of a deceased person.
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Obituaries ((#))
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That which pertains to, or is called forth by, the obit or death of a person; esp., an account of a deceased person.
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A notice of the death of a person, published in a newspaper or other periodical, accompanied by a biographical sketch which may be brief ro extended; as, the funeral director arranged placed an obituary in the local papaer.
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The section of a newspaper in which obituaries{2} are printed; as, I saw the notice of his death in the obituaries.
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A list of the dead, or a register of anniversary days when service is performed for the dead.(R. C. Ch.)