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obit

Pronunciation: /ˈɒbɪt/

The English word “obit” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The death of a person.
  2. A mass or other service held for the soul of a dead person.
  3. A record of a person's death.
  4. An obituary.

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman obit, Middle French obit, and their source, Latin obitus (“going down; death”), from obīre (“to go down, to die”).

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