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NECROLOGY

Dictionary entry overview: What does necrology mean?

• NECROLOGY (noun)
The noun NECROLOGY has 2 senses:

1. a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography
2. a list of people who died recently

Familiarity information: NECROLOGY used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• NECROLOGY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

necrology; obit; obituary

Hypernyms ("necrology" is a kind of...):

announcement; promulgation (a public statement about something that is happening or going to happen)

Sense 2

necrology ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

A list of people who died recently

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("necrology" is a kind of...):

list; listing (a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics))

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