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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Obit  \O"bit\,  n.  [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. 
 
  {Post  obit}  [L.  post  obitum].  See  {Post-obit}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  obit 
  n  :  a  notice  of  someone's  death;  usually  includes  a  short 
  biography  [syn:  {obituary},  {necrology}] 




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