Meaning of NECROLOGY
| Pronunciation: | | nu'krâlujee
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- [n] a list of people who died recently
- [n] a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography
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| | Synonyms: | | obit, obituary |
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| | See Also: | | announcement, list, listing, promulgation | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ne*crol"o*gy\, n.; pl. {Necrologies}. [Gr. ? a dead
person + -logy: cf. F. n['e]crologie. See {Necromancy}.]
An account of deaths, or of the dead; a register of deaths; a
collection of obituary notices.
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| | Related Terms: | | adventures, annals, arch, autobiography, barrow, bill of mortality, biographical sketch, biography, body count, boundary stone, brass, bust, cairn, case history, casualty list, cenotaph, chronicle, chronicles, chronology, Clio, column, confessions, cromlech, cross, cup, curriculum vitae, cyclolith, death roll, diary, dolmen, experiences, footstone, fortunes, grave, gravestone, hagiography, hagiology, headstone, historiography, history, hoarstone, inscription, journal, legend, life, life and letters, life story, marker, martyrology, mausoleum, megalith, memento, memoir, memoirs, memorabilia, memorial, memorial arch, memorial column, memorial statue, memorial stone, memorials, menhir, monolith, monument, mortuary roll, mound, Muse of history, necrologue, obelisk, obit, obituary, photobiography, pillar, plaque, prize, profile, pyramid, record, register of deaths, reliquary, remembrance, resume, ribbon, rostral column, shaft, shrine, stela, stone, story, stupa, tablet, testimonial, theory of history, tomb, tombstone, tope, trophy |
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