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   Obituary (?), a. [See Obit.] Of or pertaining to the death of a person or persons; as, “an obituary notice; obituary poetry.”
   
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   obituary, n.; pl. Obituaries (#). [Cf. F. obituaire. See Obit.]
   1. That which pertains to, or is called forth by, the obit or death of a person; esp., an account of a deceased person.
   
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   2. Especially: A notice of the death of a person, published in a newspaper or other periodical, accompanied by a biographical sketch which may be brief ro extended; as, “the funeral director arranged placed an obituary in the local papaer”.
   
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   3. pl. The section of a newspaper in which obituaries2 are printed; as, “I saw the notice of his death in the obituaries”.
   
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   4. (R. C. Ch.) A list of the dead, or a register of anniversary days when service is performed for the dead.
   
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