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▪ I. obit, n. Obs. exc. Hist.|ˈɒbɪt, ˈəʊbɪt|
Forms: 4–6 obyt, 4–7 obite, (5–6 abit), 5–7 obitt, 5–7 (9 arch.) obyte, 6 obytt, obete, obbit, -yt, -et, -ett(e, (obijt, 6–9 obiit), 7 obet, 5– obit.
[a. OF. obit (Wace 11th c.) = Sp. óbito, Pg. and It. obito, ad. L. obit-us a going down, setting, death, f. obīre to go down, perish, die, f. ob- (ob- 1 c) + īre to go. The frequent obiit was perh. due to identification with L. obiit ‘he died’.]
†1.
a. Departure from life, death, decease (of a particular person). Obs.
(In quot. 1694 a humorously pedantic imitation of Latin.)
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xxxiv. (Pelagia) 357 Þe obyt be-tyd of hyre Þe aucht day of octobre. c1425Orolog. Sapient v. in Anglia X. 365/19 To þat ende þat þou haue a blessid obyte. 1502Arnolde Chron. (1811) 215 Abyde she in the chief hous and mansion of her husbond by xl. daies aftir the obyte of her husbond. 1625Ussher Answ. Jesuit 189 The anniversarie commemoration of the obite of Oswald. 1694Motteux Rabelais v. (1737) 232 These Times denote Morbs to the Sane, and Obits to th' ægrote.
b. A record or notice of a person's death, or of the date of it; an obituary notice. In mod. colloq. (esp. journalists') use usu. regarded as an abbrev. of obituary n.
1459Test. Ebor. (Surtees) II. 227 Another olde Messe boke..in the which ar titled of olde tyme the Obitts of the auncetors..of the said Sir Thomas. 1535Boorde Let. in Introd. Knowl. (1870) Forew. 57 Þe sayd reuerend faþer hath sentt to yow þe obytt off hys predycessor. 1673Wood Life June (O.H.S.) II. 265 Hutton told me his obit was in the Gazet. 1691― Ath. Oxon. I. 415 A Latine Manuscript containing the obits and characters of many eminent Benedictines. 1874Athenæum 12 Sept. 353 The sub-editor of a New York daily newspaper wrote to me begging me to send him the proper materials for the construction of an obit. He said it was the custom of his journal to keep obits in readiness. 1899C. Plummer Two Saxon Chrons. Parallel II. p. lxiv, Then comes a period, 893–958, during which E and F are almost barren, containing only a few obits, [etc.]. 1901Farmer & Henley Slang (1902) V. 85/1 Obit..(journalists') an obituary notice. 1935Atlantic Monthly Jan. 43 (title) Obit for E. Harris. 1953N.Y. Times 9 Aug. 8/3 This is not the obit page. 1957D. Bethurum Homilies of Wulfstan 64 Wulfstan's obit is marked in MS Hatton 113, in an Ely calendar, and in the E and F Chronicle, 1023. 1964W. R. Nash How Newspapers Work iv. 74 The ‘obits’..are revised at regular intervals. 1972Daily Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 11 Aug. 5/1 The obituarists polish their obits. 1975B. Meggs Matter of Paradise (1976) iv. iv. 96 Doc had been given a very nice obit coverage on page 42.
2.
†a. A ceremony or office performed at the burial of a deceased person; funeral rites, obsequies. (Also in pl.) Obs.
c1400Destr. Troy 5357 Honour me with obit as ogh myn astate. 1525Ld. Berners Froiss. II. xliii. 141 When the kynges obyte was done, the comons of Lysbone..wente to the cathedral chyrche. 1556Chron. Gr. Friars (Camden) 96 The xxvij. of June [1555] was kept the obijt of the kynges grandhame, with a goodly herse as ever was sene. 1660Ogilby Iliad xxiv. (end), Thus Hectors Obits celebrated were. 1708Termes de la Ley 449 b, Obit is a Funeral solemnity or office for the dead, most commonly performed at the Funeral when the Corps lies in the Church uninterred.
b. A ceremony or office (usually a mass) performed in commemoration of, or on behalf of the soul of, a deceased person (esp. a founder or benefactor of some institution) on the anniversary or other mind-day of his death; a yearly (or other) memorial service. Obs. exc. Hist.
c1400Apol. Loll. 103 If þei vow þem to hold an abit, or oþer ritis. 1408E.E. Wills (1882) 15 My obytis, that ys for to sayn, my ȝerys mynde. 1494Fabyan Will in Chron. Pref. 7, I will, that by the terme of .ix. years after my decesse be kept an obite wtin the parisshe churche of seynt Benet Fynk. 1562A. Scott New Year's Gift 91 With owklie abitis to augment þair rentalis. a1670Hacket Abp. Williams i. (1693) 215 Obits, Dirges, Masses are not said for nothing. 1732Neal Hist. Purit. I. 42 Some preached against the lawfulness of Soul Masses and Obits. 1851W. White Hist. Staffordsh. 498 Ralph Lord Basset..died in 1389, and for the yearly keeping of his obit, gave 200 marks to the altar of St. Nicholas.
†c. A gift or offering made at or for such an office, or in commemoration of a deceased person.
1522Wills & Inv. N.C. (Surtees 1835) 106, I will that myne Executor make an obbet of xxs at my twelfmonth day. 1566Eng. Ch. Furniture (Peacock 1866) 103 An obbett geven to ye sayd chirch by John Cod..off the valew of three schillynges and fowre pence by yere to have bene bestowed off the pore..in bred.
†3. The setting of a heavenly body. Obs. rare.
1686Goad Celest. Bodies i. xii. 53 The Rises and Obits of the Planets.
4. attrib. and Comb. (in senses 2 a and 2 b), as obit book, obit day, obit feast, obit gift, obit rite, obit silver, obit song, obit Sunday.
1520Lanc. Wills II. 7 To kepe myne obete days and to pray for me. 1558T. Phaer æneid vii. S ij b, When her obyt ryghtes were ended all, And tombe vpreysyd. 1565Golding Ovid's Met. xii. (1593) 286 Hold here an obit-gift he said. 1587― De Mornay xxii. 339 (As Tertullian saieth) the Obit⁓feast differeth not from Iupiters feast. 1609J. Davies Holy Roode (1878) 27/1 Of sad sighes, they make their Obiit-Song. 1725Obit book [see obituary A. 1]. 1897Daily News 27 Sept. 5/2 Yesterday being ‘Obiit Sunday’ Bp. Barry preached a special sermon at St. George's Chapel, Windsor.
▪ II. † obit, a. Obs. rare.
In 5 obitte.
[ad. L. obit-us, pa. pple. of obīre: see prec.]
Departed, deceased, dead.
c1440York Myst. xxxvii. 269 Þai [prophets] saide þat I [Jesus] schulde be obitte, To hell þat I schulde entre in, And saue my seruauntis fro þat pitte. |