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Necrology

Necrology Meaning & Definition
Necrology Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Necrology?

[n] a list of people who died recently
[n] a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography

Synonyms | Synonyms for Necrology: obit | obituary

Related Terms | Find terms related to Necrology: 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

See Also | announcement | list | listing | promulgation

Necrology In Webster's Dictionary

\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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