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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

necrology
    n 1: a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short
         biography [syn: obituary, obit, necrology]
    2: a list of people who died recently

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Necrology \Ne*crol"o*gy\, n.; pl. Necrologies. [Gr. nekro`s a
   dead person + -logy: cf. F. n['e]crologie. See Necromancy.]
   An account of deaths, or of the dead; a register of deaths; a
   collection of obituary notices.
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Necrology:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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