Obituary /(?)/

1. Of or pertaining to the death of a person or persons; as, an obituary notice; obituary poetry.

pl. Obituaries

1. That which pertains to, or is called forth by, the obit or death of a person; esp., an account of a deceased person.
2. A notice of the death of a person, published in a newspaper or other periodical, accompanied by a biographical sketch which may be brief ro extended; as, the funeral director arranged placed an obituary in the local papaer.
3. The section of a newspaper in which obituaries{2} are printed; as, I saw the notice of his death in the obituaries.
4. A list of the dead, or a register of anniversary days when service is performed for the dead. (R. C. Ch.)