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obituaries

Variant of obituary

noun pl. obituaries

a notice of someone's death, as in a newspaper, usually with a brief biography

Origin: ML obituarius < L obitus: see obit

adjective

of or recording a death or deaths

Related Forms:

obituarist noun

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