All 3 Uses of
obituary
in
Sycamore Row
- He led them in prayer and recited a quick obituary: Seth was born May 10, 1917, in Ford County, where he died on October 2, 1988.†
p. 71.1 *obituary = published notice of death with a short biography
- He went by Lonny, a name he'd noticed in an obituary in a newspaper in Tacoma two years earlier.†
p. 264.9
- The two obituaries were lengthy and heartbreaking.†
p. 403.1obituaries = published death notices with short biographies
Definition:
a published notice of someone's death -- usually printed in a newspaper with a short biography
The section of the newspaper that reports deaths is called the "Obituaries".