n. (pl. -ies)
1. a notice of a death or deaths esp. in a newspaper.
2 an account of the life of a deceased person.
3 (attrib.) of or serving as an obituary.
Derivatives:
obituarial adj. obituarist n.
Etymology: med.L obituarius f. L obitus death f. obire obit- die (as OB-, ire go)