Necrology (Noun)
Meaning 1
A list of people who died recently.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The newspaper's weekly necrology listed the names and brief obituaries of local residents who had passed away.
- A necrology of notable individuals who died in the past year was published in the annual review edition of the magazine.
- The website provided a daily necrology, allowing users to search for and read about recently deceased people from around the world.
- At the end of the year, the community newsletter included a necrology to honor the memory of its deceased members.
- The necrology section of the alumni newsletter reported the passing of several graduates from the class of 1950.