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Definition of Obituaries
1. obituary [n] - See also: obituary
Lexicographical Neighbors of Obituaries
Literary usage of Obituaries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Baptist Missionary Magazine by Massachusetts Baptist Convention, American Baptist Foreign Mission Society (1863)
"The committee on obituaries reported through AF Spalding, RI The report was adopted.
The committee on obituaries respectfully beg leave to report. ..."
2. Publications of the Nebraska State Historical Society by Nebraska State Historical Society (1907)
"The committee on obituaries, through Mr. AJ Sawyer, submitted the following
report: The Committee on obituaries have to report that that mysterious power ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... whose anecdotal biographical work, "obituaries of Great Men,1 was translated
into English by de Slane (London 1842-71). With the rise of the Turkish ..."
4. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1906)
"AMENDED obituaries To the Editor: SIR, — I am approaching seventy; it is in sight;
it is only three years away. Necessarily, I must go soon. ..."
5. Annual Report of the American Bar Association: Including Proceedings of the by American Bar Association (1918)
"To the American Bar Association: • The Committee on obituaries reports the names
of members of whose deaths the committee has been notified since the last ..."
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