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Webster 1913 Edition
Obit
O′bit
,Noun.
[OF.
obit
, L. obitus
, fr. obire
to go against, to go to meet, (sc. mortem
) to die; ob
(see Ob-) + ire
to go. See Issue
.] 1.
Death; decease; the date of one’s death.
Wood.
2.
A funeral solemnity or office; obsequies.
3.
A service for the soul of a deceased person on the anniversary of the day of his death.
The emoluments and advantages from oblations,
obits
, and other sources, increased in value. Milman.
Webster 1828 Edition
Obit
OB'IT
,Noun.
Definition 2024
obit
obit
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɒbɪt/, /ˈəʊbɪt/
Noun
obit (plural obits)
- (obsolete) Death of a person. [14th-17th c.]
- (Christianity, now historical) A mass or other service held for the soul of a dead person. [from 14th c.]
- 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 582:
- Medieval wills often contained bequests to pay for the singing of special (non-perpetual) masses on the testator's behalf. These obits, as they were called, combined alms for the poor with masses for the dead.
- 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 582:
- A record of a person's death. [from 15th c.]
Etymology 2
Shortened from obituary.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈəʊbɪt/, /əˈbɪt/
- Rhymes: -ɪt
Noun
obit (plural obits)
- (colloquial) An obituary.