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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
obituary /ə(ʊ)ˈbɪtʃʊəri, -tʃəri, -tjʊəri/

▶noun (pl. obituaries) a notice of a person's death in a newspaper or periodical, typically including a brief biography.

– derivatives
obituarist noun.

– origin C18: from med. L. obituarius, from L. obitus ‘death’.

'obituary' also found in these Oxford entries:

ash - necrology - obit

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