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obituary

noun as in notice of person's death

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Over the years, Crawford has been largely silent, speaking out only for an as-told-to obituary to Houston published in Esquire.

As far as he is concerned, they're preparing his obituary and he doesn't care to attend the funeral.

And a generation of obituary writers have paid tribute to celebrities as well as everyday people.

Marilyn Johnson explored the subculture of obituary scribes in her wonderful 2006 book, The Dead Beat.

Because in 2014, there really is no such thing as bad publicity…except your own obituary.

We read of Turgenev who was arrested and exiled to his distant estates for writing a brief obituary notice of Gogol.

Good heavens, Odin thought, what a cold-blooded obituary for any race!

I mention the circumstance to shew that this special department of obituary masonry, as all others, was prone to imitations.

Did you ever hear an obituary declare a woman to be a dutiful daughter, a kind wife, a faithful mother?

According to the Obituary record, he “fairly decorated the choir of the church with most beautiful stone-work cunningly carved.”

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On this page you'll find 8 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to obituary, such as: eulogy, obit, announcement, necrology, register, and death notice.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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