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Definition of 'obit'English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) obit, (etyl) obit, and their source, (etyl) .
Noun
( en-noun)
(obsolete) Death of a person.
* 1971 , , 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.
A record of a person's death.
Etymology 2
Shortened from (obituary).
Noun
( en-noun)
(colloquial) An obituary.
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