obit

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English

Etymology 1

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(deprecated template usage)

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Anglo-Norman obit, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French obit, and their source, Latin obitus (“going down; death”), from obīre (“to go down, to die”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

obit (plural obits)

  1. (archaic) Death of a person. [14th-17th c.]
  2. (Christianity, historical) A mass or other service held for the soul of a dead person. [from 14th c.]
    • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 582:
      Medieval wills often contained bequests to pay for the singing of special (non-perpetual) masses on the testator's behalf. These obits, as they were called, combined alms for the poor with masses for the dead.
  3. A record of a person's death. [from 15th c.]

Etymology 2

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(deprecated template usage)

Shortened from obituary.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɪt

Noun

obit (plural obits)

  1. (colloquial) An obituary.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Latin obitus

Pronunciation

Noun

obit m (plural obits)

  1. (archaic) death

Further reading

Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) obit

  1. third-person singular present active indicative of obeō
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