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OBIT'UARY, n. 1. A list of the dead, or a register of obitual anniversary days, when service is performed for the dead. 2. An account of persons deceased; notice of the death of a person, often accompanied with a brief biographical sketch of his character. OBIT'UARY, a. Relating to the decease of a person or persons; as an obituary notice.
obituary appears in definitions for these words: Obituary