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Definition of Obituary
1. Noun. A notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography.
Definition of Obituary
1. a. Of or pertaining to the death of a person or persons; as, an obituary notice; obituary poetry.
2. n. 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.
Definition of Obituary
1. Noun. A brief notice of a person’s death, as published in a newspaper. ¹
2. Noun. A biography of a recently deceased person, written by a journalist and published in a newspaper. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Obituary
1. a published notice of a death [n -ARIES]
Medical Definition of Obituary
1. Origin: Cf. F. Obituaire. See Obit. 1. That which pertains to, or is called forth by, the obit or death of a person; especially, an account of a deceased person; a notice of the death of a person, accompanied by a biographical sketch. 2. A list of the dead, or a register of anniversary days when service is performed for the dead. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Obituary
Literary usage of Obituary
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1874)
"obituary of, 558. TT«i Virginia.—Session of the Legislature, ... obituary of, 588.
WHITE, WILLIAM, spiritualist, and publisher of infidel works. ..."
2. The Quarterly Register of Current History by Alfred S Johnson (1892)
"George, Senator, obituary 199 Horsewhipped 499 Heligoland ceded to Germany 26
... Julius, obituary 191 Hygiene and Demography, International Congress of 370 ..."
3. Journal by Iron and Steel Institute (1903)
"Nowlan, John, obituary notice of, 371. Noyes, WA, on determination of ... Null,
JA, un charging machine for annealing-furnaces, 499 obituary , 359. ..."
4. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1881)
"obituary FOE THE YEAH 1880-81. Our losses by death during the year ending ...
A brief sketch of his career will be given in the obituary pages of the next ..."
5. An Index to Legal Periodical Literature by Leonard Augustus Jones, Frank Ellsworth Chipman (1919)
"obituary. 50 Ohio LB 201 [1905]. Osborn, Thomas O. [1832-1904. ... obituary.
67 Alb. LJ 305 [1905]. Pence, Abram M. obituary, with portrait. 38 Chic. Leg. ..."
6. Medical Communications of the Massachusetts Medical Society by Massachusetts Medical Society (1903)
"M v.ll pl29 Brewster, Dr. Oliver Ellsworth, obituary of . . M v.ll p75 Bright's
disease, prodromal and early symptoms of. CF Withington M v.l5 p435 Bromide ..."
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