English Dictionary

necrology

/nɛˈkɹɒlədʒi/

noun

(church history) A church register containing the names of those connected with the church who have died. / A listing of people who have died during a specific period of time. / A notice of death.

The necrology section of the newspaper lists the names of people who have passed away.

意味（1）

(church history) A church register containing the names of those connected with the church who have died.

意味（2）

A listing of people who have died during a specific period of time.

Voltaire and Rousseau died in 1778, d'Alembert in 1783, and Diderot in 1784, while leading salonnières Mesdames du Deffand and d'Épinay passed away in 1780 and 1783. Beneath this sombre necrology, important shifts were occurring in the workings of the public sphere and in the sites in which opinion was constructed.

意味（3）

A notice of death.

意味（4）

(uncountable) The study of death or the dead.