Necrology

Quick meaning: Necrology is a noun meaning (church history) A church register containing the names of those connected with the church who have died.

Meaning

(church history) A church register containing the names of those connected with the church who have died.

More Meanings

1. A listing of people who have died during a specific period of time.
2. A notice of death.
3. (uncountable) The study of death or the dead.

Example Sentences

Hershel Weinshenk-Tausik in Prague, who 1655 wrote a necrology on the chazzan Lippman Popper

2006 Marc Fisher; We Loved That Airline To Death; Washington Post The fare structure is one reason Independence Air has joined a necrology of low-cost carriers that stretches over four decades.

Voltaire and Rousseau died in 1778, d'Alembert in 1783, and Diderot in 1784, while leading salonnières Mesdames du Deffand and d'Épinay passed away in 1780 and 1783. Beneath this sombre necrology, important shifts were occurring in the workings of the public sphere and in the sites in which opinion was constructed.

Word Forms

• necrologies

Synonyms for necrology

Depending on context, synonyms include obituary, obit.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include obituary, obit, necropolis, carnary, cenotaphy, carcass.

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