necrologyn.

Brit.

/nᵻˈkrɒlədʒi/,

/nɛˈkrɒlədʒi/, U.S.

/nəˈkrɑlədʒi/,

/nɛˈkrɑlədʒi/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: necro- comb. form, -logy comb. form.

Etymology: < necro- comb. form + -logy comb. form, after post-classical Latin necrologium (16th cent. in British and continental sources in sense 1) and French nécrologie (1704 in sense 1, 1797 in sense 2).

a. Church History. An ecclesiastical or monastic register containing entries of the deaths of persons connected with, or commemorated by, the church, monastery, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > [noun] > death roll > of religious house

martyrologe1631

martyrology1695

necrology1728

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Necrology, a Book, antiently kept in Churches and Monasteries; wherein were register'd the Benefactors to the same... This was otherwise call'd Calendar, and Obitory.

1817 T. D. Fosbroke Brit. Monachism (ed. 2) xxxvi. 305 They were entered in the Necrology, selected from thence on the day of their decease, and..suitable prayers said.

1846 W. Maskell Monumenta Ritualia Ecclesiae Anglicanae I. p. cxlix The Martyrology must not be confounded with a volume..which more properly was the Necrology.

1892 Dict. National Biogr. XXIX. 445/1 He has a worthy record in the necrology of his church at Chartres.

1957 Speculum 32 68 His tomb was near that of Hugh at the left of the grand altar of the abbey church..and a necrology of the canons mentions him as one of themselves.

1984 Speculum 59 527 It is to her patronage that the building of a church has generally been credited, and she is celebrated as its founder in the abbey's necrology.

b. gen. A written record of persons who have died within a certain time; a death roll.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > [noun] > death roll

bill of mortality1645

mortality bill1665

burialsa1687

obital1691

obituary1701

necrology1802

death roll1803

obitual1812

1802 T. Jefferson Let. 23 Apr. in Papers (2010) XXXVII. 310 I should ask you for some account of the friends we have mutually known in Paris; but I fear it would be asking a necrology.

1842 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Aug. 221/1 Necrology.—France, as it appears from the last foreign news, has to register the death of several of her distinguished men.

1854 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 21 16 The necrology of the period in question does not contain in its registers the names of many great men.

1879 Athenæum 6 Dec. 731 Very heavy is this year's necrology in the Royal Society.

1982 Canad. Notes & Queries 28 3/1 Is there a Canadian publication which prints a yearly necrology that might pick up the deaths of Canadian poets?

1998 D. Sobel Galileo's Daughter (2000) viii. 95 The necrology of the year 1621 also listed two major figures behind the anti-Copernican edict.

c. In extended use: a tally or list of the dead, esp. those remembered or revered for a particular reason.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > [noun] > death roll > of deaths due to particular cause

necrology1846

1846 R. J. Mackintosh in J. Mackintosh Misc. Wks. (1846) II. 118 His death [sc. Sir G. Mackenzie] is mentioned as that of an extraordinary person by several of those who recorded the events of their time, before the necrology of this country was so undistinguishing as it has now become.

1854 Provinc. Freeman (Toronto) 13 May 3/1 The following is a necrology of those, who in a comparatively few years, have sacrificed their lives in attempts to penetrate the mystery of the African continent.

1871 Galaxy July 143/2 Mourning apparel..is an absolute necessity in a city... What city-dweller keeps an accurate necrology of all the families of all his acquaintance?

1919 Outing Mar. 318/1 The necrology of our family dogs is harrowing... Not one of them—we have had eight—has died piously in his bed.

1975 New Yorker 26 May 117/1 One might begin with a necrology of famous women who died of complications attending pregnancy or childbirth.

2000 Interzone Feb. 58/1 The second piece is by Jones and Kim Newman: a ‘necrology’, a round-up of the dead,..never morbid—because the lives are being celebrated.

2. An obituary notice or article.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > obsequies > obituary > [noun]

obit1459

obituary1738

necrology1799

necrologue1884

1799 R. Southey in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) I. 294 If this be worth mentioning in your necrology.

1812 B. Field in Examiner 9 Nov. 715/1 To the Memory of Daniel Parker, Esq...upon reading his Necrology.

1872 Fraser's Mag. Sept. 284/1 ‘Just one fortnight’ (remarks Mère Angélique in her necrology) ‘after he had been laughed at by a worldly gentleman for his folly in thus stripping himself, he died without a penny in his pocket, [etc.].’

1933 Q. Rev. Biol. 8 326/2 An excellent necrology of Ernest-Marie-Louis Bedel by J. Sainte-Claire Deville.

1984 V. S. Naipaul Finding Centre xi. 166 That explained the regular disappearance of children, as reported in the necrology page of the newspaper.

1999 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. (Electronic ed.) 119 Karlgren's master, Pelliot, also noted this fact in his even-handed necrology of Parker.

3. The history or study of the dead.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > biography > [noun] > types of biography

family piece1709

hikayat1808

heterobiography1825

necrology1830

life and times1866

life and works1907

photo-biography1915

hagiography1924

vie romancée1941

as-told-to1966

photo-essay1977

1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd I. iii. iv. 204 It is believed by those to whom I was formerly known, that I exist no longer. My story belongs to necrology.

1917 A. Thomson in G. Steven Warp & Woof i. 2 We cannot abstract the living creatures from their surroundings. When we try to do this, they die—even in our thought of them, and our biology is only necrology.

1957 Observer 17 Nov. 17/3 The author has a highly developed taste for aerostatic necrology.

1991 C. H. Sisson Antidotes 55 It was those others who sustained A lesson in necrology And saw her drifting in their dreams.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	necrology
释义	necrologyn. Brit. /nᵻˈkrɒlədʒi/, /nɛˈkrɒlədʒi/, U.S. /nəˈkrɑlədʒi/, /nɛˈkrɑlədʒi/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: necro- comb. form, -logy comb. form. Etymology: < necro- comb. form + -logy comb. form, after post-classical Latin necrologium (16th cent. in British and continental sources in sense 1) and French nécrologie (1704 in sense 1, 1797 in sense 2). 1. a. Church History. An ecclesiastical or monastic register containing entries of the deaths of persons connected with, or commemorated by, the church, monastery, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [noun] > death roll > of religious house martyrologe1631 martyrology1695 necrology1728 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Necrology, a Book, antiently kept in Churches and Monasteries; wherein were register'd the Benefactors to the same... This was otherwise call'd Calendar, and Obitory. 1817 T. D. Fosbroke Brit. Monachism (ed. 2) xxxvi. 305 They were entered in the Necrology, selected from thence on the day of their decease, and..suitable prayers said. 1846 W. Maskell Monumenta Ritualia Ecclesiae Anglicanae I. p. cxlix The Martyrology must not be confounded with a volume..which more properly was the Necrology. 1892 Dict. National Biogr. XXIX. 445/1 He has a worthy record in the necrology of his church at Chartres. 1957 Speculum 32 68 His tomb was near that of Hugh at the left of the grand altar of the abbey church..and a necrology of the canons mentions him as one of themselves. 1984 Speculum 59 527 It is to her patronage that the building of a church has generally been credited, and she is celebrated as its founder in the abbey's necrology. b. gen. A written record of persons who have died within a certain time; a death roll. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [noun] > death roll bill of mortality1645 mortality bill1665 burialsa1687 obital1691 obituary1701 necrology1802 death roll1803 obitual1812 1802 T. Jefferson Let. 23 Apr. in Papers (2010) XXXVII. 310 I should ask you for some account of the friends we have mutually known in Paris; but I fear it would be asking a necrology. 1842 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Aug. 221/1 Necrology.—France, as it appears from the last foreign news, has to register the death of several of her distinguished men. 1854 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 21 16 The necrology of the period in question does not contain in its registers the names of many great men. 1879 Athenæum 6 Dec. 731 Very heavy is this year's necrology in the Royal Society. 1982 Canad. Notes & Queries 28 3/1 Is there a Canadian publication which prints a yearly necrology that might pick up the deaths of Canadian poets? 1998 D. Sobel Galileo's Daughter (2000) viii. 95 The necrology of the year 1621 also listed two major figures behind the anti-Copernican edict. c. In extended use: a tally or list of the dead, esp. those remembered or revered for a particular reason. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [noun] > death roll > of deaths due to particular cause necrology1846 1846 R. J. Mackintosh in J. Mackintosh Misc. Wks. (1846) II. 118 His death [sc. Sir G. Mackenzie] is mentioned as that of an extraordinary person by several of those who recorded the events of their time, before the necrology of this country was so undistinguishing as it has now become. 1854 Provinc. Freeman (Toronto) 13 May 3/1 The following is a necrology of those, who in a comparatively few years, have sacrificed their lives in attempts to penetrate the mystery of the African continent. 1871 Galaxy July 143/2 Mourning apparel..is an absolute necessity in a city... What city-dweller keeps an accurate necrology of all the families of all his acquaintance? 1919 Outing Mar. 318/1 The necrology of our family dogs is harrowing... Not one of them—we have had eight—has died piously in his bed. 1975 New Yorker 26 May 117/1 One might begin with a necrology of famous women who died of complications attending pregnancy or childbirth. 2000 Interzone Feb. 58/1 The second piece is by Jones and Kim Newman: a ‘necrology’, a round-up of the dead,..never morbid—because the lives are being celebrated. 2. An obituary notice or article. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > obsequies > obituary > [noun] obit1459 obituary1738 necrology1799 necrologue1884 1799 R. Southey in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) I. 294 If this be worth mentioning in your necrology. 1812 B. Field in Examiner 9 Nov. 715/1 To the Memory of Daniel Parker, Esq...upon reading his Necrology. 1872 Fraser's Mag. Sept. 284/1 ‘Just one fortnight’ (remarks Mère Angélique in her necrology) ‘after he had been laughed at by a worldly gentleman for his folly in thus stripping himself, he died without a penny in his pocket, [etc.].’ 1933 Q. Rev. Biol. 8 326/2 An excellent necrology of Ernest-Marie-Louis Bedel by J. Sainte-Claire Deville. 1984 V. S. Naipaul Finding Centre xi. 166 That explained the regular disappearance of children, as reported in the necrology page of the newspaper. 1999 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. (Electronic ed.) 119 Karlgren's master, Pelliot, also noted this fact in his even-handed necrology of Parker. 3. The history or study of the dead. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > biography > [noun] > types of biography family piece1709 hikayat1808 heterobiography1825 necrology1830 life and times1866 life and works1907 photo-biography1915 hagiography1924 vie romancée1941 as-told-to1966 photo-essay1977 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd I. iii. iv. 204 It is believed by those to whom I was formerly known, that I exist no longer. My story belongs to necrology. 1917 A. Thomson in G. Steven Warp & Woof i. 2 We cannot abstract the living creatures from their surroundings. When we try to do this, they die—even in our thought of them, and our biology is only necrology. 1957 Observer 17 Nov. 17/3 The author has a highly developed taste for aerostatic necrology. 1991 C. H. Sisson Antidotes 55 It was those others who sustained A lesson in necrology And saw her drifting in their dreams. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1728
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