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necrology

[nuh-krol-uh-jee, ne-] / nəˈkrɒl ə dʒi, nɛ- /
NOUN
death notice
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NOUN
obituary
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WEAK
birth announcement


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The memorial, the Necrology Wall, lists the names of 488 people who were killed in the uprising.

From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2016

Necrology Eight Wielders of the Pen Meet at Last the Wielder of the Scythe Penmanship is the occasion of comparatively few occupational diseases.

From Time Magazine Archive

Report of the Necrology Committee fortunately is blank.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 by Northern Nut Growers Association

Under the head of Necrology there will be published obituaries of notable New England men and women recently deceased, accompanied, where possible, by brief genealogical records.

From The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, January 1886 Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, January, 1886 by Various

The Martyrology and Necrology having been read, prayers were said for the dead recommended to the Community, as benefactors, friends, patrons, protectors, etc.

From The Divine Office by Quigley, Edward J.




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