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obit

UK/ˈəʊbɪt/ US/əˈbɪt/ rare archaic

noun

1.

a notice of someone''s death; usually includes a short biography

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

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