necrologies

Variant of necrology

necrology definition

ne·crol·ogy (nə-)

noun pl. necrologies -·gies

  1. a list of people who have died within a certain period, as that in a newspaper
  2. a death notice; obituary

Etymology: ModL necrologium: see necro- & -logy

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