necrology
noun
a list of persons who have died within a certain time.
necrological
-
a word derived from
necrology.
Example Sentences
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In the 45 years since, his celebrity has become almost entirely necrological.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2022
It is true that an almost exclusively necrological study is obligatory at first.
From Bramble-Bees and Others by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
At the time this short and simple record of the passing away of an ordinary, obscure woman attracted no more attention than the hundred similar names that constituted the necrological annals of April 25.
From The No Breakfast Plan and the Fasting-Cure by Edward Hooker Dewey
The necrological article took a larger space in the gazette of Loret than that absorbed by the warlike and political news together.
From Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 by Arvede Barine
At the time I thought that that was because of a New England dislike for necrological ostentation.
From The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford
