n.
Pronunciation: n ə - ' krä-l ə -j ē , ne-
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -gies
Etymology: New Latin necrologium, from necr- + -logium (as in Medieval Latin eulogium eulogy)
Date: 1799
1 : OBITUARY
2 : a list of the recently dead
– nec · ro · log · i · cal \ ˌ ne-kr ə - ' lä-ji-k ə l \ adjective
– ne · crol · o · gist \ n ə - ' krä-l ə -jist, ne- \ noun