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What is the noun for obituary?

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obituary
  1. A brief notice of a person’s death, as published in a newspaper.
  2. A biography of a recently deceased person, written by a journalist and published in a newspaper.
  3. A register of deaths in a monastery.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “We respected the wishes of Patricia's friends, who wrote the obituary as they saw fit.”
      “Perhaps this is an obituary after all, for the loss of a mature political culture in which public service was its own enduring reward.”
      “The descriptor words themselves appeared one or more times within a particular obituary or across different obituaries.”
obit
  1. (obsolete) Death of a person. [14th-17th c.]
  2. (Christianity, now historical) A mass or other service held for the soul of a dead person. [from 14th c.]
  3. A record of a person's death. [from 15th c.]
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  5. Examples:
    1. “Also on that website is an obit for John and another of his articles, this one a recent piece on Afghanistan.”
      “Honestly, what benefit is there to newspapers in getting people to register just to read an obit?”
      “Will your obit be dreary or contain flashes of perception, maybe even a quote or two?”
obituarist
  1. One who writes obituaries
  2. Examples:
    1. “We cannot control what other's write about us, and today's critic may be tomorrow's biographer and obituarist.”
      “He was an occasional obituarist for The Independent and The Guardian and a contributor to the New Dictionary of National Biography.”
      “Perhaps their obituarist read the poems rather than the critics.”
obit
  1. (colloquial) An obituary.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Also on that website is an obit for John and another of his articles, this one a recent piece on Afghanistan.”
      “Honestly, what benefit is there to newspapers in getting people to register just to read an obit?”
      “Will your obit be dreary or contain flashes of perception, maybe even a quote or two?”
obituarists
  1. plural of obituarist
obituaries
  1. plural of obituary
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The channel would present a constant diet of obituaries of the ordinary people who die every day.”
      “That episode and error were widely publicised at the time and have dominated some obituaries.”
      “The descriptor words themselves appeared one or more times within a particular obituary or across different obituaries.”
obits
  1. plural of obit
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  3. Examples:
    1. “So far, none of the obits I've seen for Ann Miller have mentioned what was to me her most impressive credit.”
      “All of our obits are added to the Web site the same day they appear in the paper.”
      “Here's a link to one of several obits that are now available on the web with more info about this remarkable lady.”
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