Obituary

Definition of obituary:

part of speech: adjective

Pertaining to the death of a person, or recording deaths.

part of speech: noun

A register of deaths ( orig.) in a monastery: an account of a deceased person or notice of his death.

part of speech: noun

A notice of a death; a brief account of the life of a person just deceased.

part of speech: adjective

Relating to the death of a person.

Usage examples for obituary:

• Nor had he read the obituary notice respecting Marmaduke Marchmont, the bachelor, who had breathed his last stertorous breath in a fit of apoplexy exactly one twelvemonth before the day upon which Edward Arundel breakfasted in Oakley Street. "John Marchmont's Legacy, Volume I (of 3)", Mary E. Braddon.

• The obituary of Sarah Hayden Mosely followed below. "The Co-Citizens", Corra Harris.

• But we never know what an obituary notice may bring. "From One Generation to Another", Henry Seton Merriman.