obiit

American  

[oh-bi-it, oh-bee-it, ob-ee-] / ˈoʊ bɪ ɪt, ˈoʊ bi ɪt, ˈɒb i- /

Latin.

1. he died; she died.

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Example Sentences

The inscription in the corner of the sacristy at S. Elena runs thus:—"Extremus hic mortalium operum fr: Sebastianus de Ruigno Montis Oliveti, qui III. id: Sept: diem obiit, 1505."

From Intarsia and Marquetry by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)

In Christo pie obiit anno Salutis 1630, die 5 Novembris, ætatis suæ sexagesimo.

From The Martyrs of Science, or, The lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler by Brewster, David, Sir

Februarii obiit magister Erwinus gubernator fabrice ecclessie Argentinensis.

From Historical Sketch of the Cathedral of Strasburg by Anonymous

"Periculosum est credere et non credere; Hippolitus obiit quia noverc� creditum est; Cassandr� quia non creditum ruit Ilium: Ergo exploranda est veritas multum prius Quam stulta prove judicet sententia."

From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I by Smith, David Eugene

Ricardus le Despenser baro octavus, et Burghersh baro quintus, obiit anno domini 1414, dum adhuc adolescens.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire by Massé, H. J. L. J. (Henri Jean Louis Joseph)