"necrology" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /nɛˈkɹɒlədʒi/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-necrology.wav [US] Forms: necrologies [plural]
Etymology: From necro- + -logy. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|necro|logy}} necro- + -logy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} necrology (countable and uncountable, plural necrologies)
  1. (church history) A church register containing the names of those connected with the church who have died. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): History Synonyms: obituary [historical]
    Sense id: en-necrology-en-noun-iXoygNUr
  2. A listing of people who have died during a specific period of time. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (listing of people who have died): nekrologie (Afrikaans), 死者名冊 (Chinese Mandarin), 死者名册 (sǐzhě míngcè) (Chinese Mandarin), necrologie [feminine] (Dutch), nekrologi (Finnish), nécrologie [feminine] (French), nécrologe (French), necroloxía [feminine] (Galician), Nekrolog (German), nekrológ (Hungarian), dánarskrá [feminine] (Icelandic), necrologia [feminine] (Italian), 過去帳 (kakochō) (Japanese), 鬼籍 (kiseki) (Japanese), nekrologas [masculine] (Lithuanian), некроло́г (nekrológ) [masculine] (Russian), necrología [feminine] (Spanish), dödslista [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-necrology-en-noun-yFye9uYF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with necro-, English terms suffixed with -logy Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 79 5 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 77 4 1 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with necro-: 28 49 17 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -logy: 23 64 10 3 Disambiguation of 'listing of people who have died': 25 73 2 0
  3. A notice of death. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Death Synonyms: obituary Translations (notice of death): некролог (nekrolog) [masculine] (Bulgarian), скръбна вест (skrǎbna vest) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 死亡啟事 (Chinese Mandarin), 死亡启事 (sǐwáng qǐshì) (Chinese Mandarin), obituario [masculine] (Galician), necroloxía [feminine] (Galician), gyászjelentés (Hungarian), dánartilkynning [feminine] (Icelandic), dánarfregn [feminine] (Icelandic), 訃報 (fuhō) (Japanese), некроло́г (nekrológ) [masculine] (Russian), dödsannons [common-gender] (Swedish), dödsruna [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-necrology-en-noun-2va6w~y7 Disambiguation of Death: 21 25 40 14 Disambiguation of 'notice of death': 2 1 90 7
  4. (uncountable) The study of death or the dead. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-necrology-en-noun-InRRLB5~

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    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "listing of people who have died",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "dödslista"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nekrolog",
      "sense": "notice of death",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "некролог"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "skrǎbna vest",
      "sense": "notice of death",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "скръбна вест"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "notice of death",
      "word": "死亡啟事"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "sǐwáng qǐshì",
      "sense": "notice of death",
      "word": "死亡启事"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "notice of death",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "obituario"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "notice of death",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "necroloxía"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "notice of death",
      "word": "gyászjelentés"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "notice of death",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dánartilkynning"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "notice of death",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dánarfregn"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fuhō",
      "sense": "notice of death",
      "word": "訃報"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nekrológ",
      "sense": "notice of death",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "некроло́г"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "notice of death",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "dödsannons"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "notice of death",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "dödsruna"
    }
  ],
  "word": "necrology"
}

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