See Also: obit(dictionary)
obit(dictionary)
OBIT(law)
post-obit(dictionary)
POST OBIT, contract(law)

obit (iou)



obit noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French from Latin obitus going down, setting, death, from obit- pa. ppl stem of obire perish, die (from mortem obire meet death), from ob- OB- + ire go. In sense 3 partly abbreviation of OBITUARY.]
Departure from life, death, decease. LME-L17.
a. A ceremony performed at the burial of a deceased person; a funeral service. LME-E18.
b. Hist. A ceremony (usu. a mass) commemorating, or commending to God, a deceased person, esp. a founder or benefactor of an institution on the anniversary of his or her death; an annual or other regular memorial service. LME.
J. Hacket Obits, Dirges, Masses are not said for nothing.
Orig., a record or notice of (the date of) a person's death. Later (colloq.), an obituary. LME.
B. Meggs Doc had been given a very nice obit..on page 42.
Comb.: obit-day Hist.: on which an obit (sense 2b above) was celebrated.