necrology Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography
    obituary; obit.
  2. noun a list of people who died recently

WordNet

Ne*crol"o*gy noun
Etymology
Gr. a dead person + -logy: cf. F. nécrologie. See Necromancy.
Wordforms
plural Necrologies
Definitions
  1. An account of deaths, or of the dead; a register of deaths; a collection of obituary notices.

Webster 1913