Both Uses of
bereaved
in
Babbitt
- When the last sad rites of bereavement are over, do you know for certain that you have done your best for the Departed?†
Chpt 4 *
- They said that Whereas Almighty God in his beneficent mercy had seen fit to remove to a sphere of higher usefulness some thirty-six realtors of the state the past year, Therefore it was the sentiment of this convention assembled that they were sorry God had done it, and the secretary should be, and hereby was, instructed to spread these resolutions on the minutes, and to console the bereaved families by sending them each a copy.†
Chpt 13
Definition:
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(bereaved) a person who has suffered the death of someone they loved