obitn.¹

Brit.

/ˈɒbɪt/,

/ˈəʊbɪt/, U.S.

/ˈoʊbət/

Forms: Middle English abit, Middle English nobett, Middle English obbite, Middle English obitt, Middle English–1500s obett, Middle English–1500s obyt, Middle English–1500s (1800s archaic) obyte, Middle English–1600s obet, Middle English–1600s obite, Middle English– obit, 1500s nobbet, 1500s obbet, 1500s obbett, 1500s obbitte, 1500s obbyt, 1500s obete, 1500s obijt, 1500s obytt, 1500s–1600s 1800s obiit; Scottish pre-1700 abit, pre-1700 obbit, pre-1700 obbyt, pre-1700 obeit, pre-1700 obeitt, pre-1700 obeyt, pre-1700 obite, pre-1700 obitt, pre-1700 obyt, pre-1700 obyte, pre-1700 1800s– obit.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French obit; Latin obitus.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French obit (c1165 in Old French in sense 1, 1238 in sense 2) and their etymon classical Latin obitus a going down, setting (compare sense 4), death, in post-classical Latin also date or record of a person's death, obituary notice (from 12th cent. in British sources; compare sense 1b), service of commemoration of deceased person (frequently from 12th cent. in British sources; compare sense 2), mortuary payment (from 13th cent. in British sources; compare sense 3) < classical Latin obīre to go down, perish, die (for mortem obīre to meet death) < ob- ob- prefix + īre to go (see exit v.¹). Compare Italian obito (1263), Spanish óbito (1400; 1385 as obito).With obit book , obit day (see Compounds) compare post-classical Latin liber obitarius , dies obitarius (late 15th cent. in British sources). The frequently attested form obiit is perhaps due to identification with classical Latin obiit he, she, or it died (see ob. v.); compare post-classical Latin obiit death (c1258 in a British source). Forms with initial n- show metanalysis (see N n.).

Now historical.

†a. Death; decease of a person. Obsolete.In quot. 1694 a humorously pedantic imitation of Latin.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > [noun]

hensithOE

qualmOE

bale-sithea1000

endingc1000

fallOE

forthsitheOE

soulingOE

life's endOE

deathOE

hethensithc1200

last end?c1225

forthfarec1275

dying1297

finec1300

partingc1300

endc1305

deceasec1330

departc1330

starving1340

passingc1350

latter enda1382

obita1382

perishingc1384

carrion1387

departing1388

finishmentc1400

trespassement14..

passing forthc1410

sesse1417

cess1419

fininga1425

resolutiona1425

departisona1450

passagea1450

departmentc1450

consummation?a1475

dormition1483

debt to (also of) naturea1513

dissolutionc1522

expirationa1530

funeral?a1534

change1543

departure1558

last change1574

transmigration1576

dissolving1577

shaking of the sheets?1577

departance1579

deceasure1580

mortality1582

deceasing1591

waftage1592

launching1599

quietus1603

doom1609

expire1612

expiring1612

period1613

defunctiona1616

Lethea1616

fail1623

dismissiona1631

set1635

passa1645

disanimation1646

suffering1651

abition1656

Passovera1662

latter (last) end1670

finis1682

exitus1706

perch1722

demission1735

demise1753

translation1760

transit1764

dropping1768

expiry1790

departal1823

finish1826

homegoing1866

the last (also final, great) round-up1879

snuffing1922

fade-out1924

thirty1929

appointment in Samarra1934

dirt nap1981

big chill1987

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Gen. xxv. 11 And þe days of þe lyf of Abraham wern ahundreþ & seuenty & fyue ȝere & fayling he was deed..& after þe obyte [a1425 L.V. deeth; L. obitum] of hym god blysside to ysaac hys sonn.

c1425 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 35 (MED) The ȝere from the incarnacioun of oure Lorde mcxlviij, aftir the obite of Harry the first, kynge of Englonde, the xij yere.

c1450 (a1400) Orologium Sapientiæ in Anglia (1888) 10 365 To þat ende þat þou haue a blessid obyte.

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1871) III. 341 (MED) The sonne was seen to haue falle downe in the day of his [sc. Plato's] obite.

c1503 tr. Magna Carta in R. Arnold Chron. f. lxxxij/1 Abyde she in the chief hous and mansion of her husbond by xl. daies aftir the obyte of her husbond.

1526 in J. Cooper Cartularium Eccl. St. Nicholai Aberdonensis (1888) I. 154 With ane trentell of messis in ye ouik [perh. read oulk] yat ye said obit sall happin in.

1554 in Bannatyne Misc. (1855) III. 77 Efter the obite of Erile Halcon succedit Erile Rolland.

1625 J. Ussher Answer to Jesuite 189 The anniversarie commemoration of the obite of Oswald.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Obit,..the death, dying or decay of one.

1694 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) v. 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; (also, occasionally) the date itself.

ΘΚΠ

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

obit1459

obituary1738

necrology1799

necrologue1884

1459 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 227 Another olde Messe boke..in the which ar titled of olde tyme the Obitts of the auncetors..of the said Sir Thomas.

1535 A. Borde Let. 2 Aug. in Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) Foreword 57 Þe sayd reuerend faþer hath sentt to yow þe obytt off hys predycessor.

1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses I. 415 A Latine Manuscript containing the obits and characters of many eminent Benedictines.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) at Obituary A Calendar, or Register-Book, in which the Friers in a Monastery enter'd the Obits, or Obitual Days of their Founders and Benefactors.

1856 P. Thompson Hist. & Antiq. Boston, Lincoln 115 (note) In religious houses they had a register..wherein they entered the obits or obitual days of their founders and benefactors.

1898 Dict. National Biogr. LIV. 370/2 He appears to have died in 1072.., his obit being 22 Feb.

1899 C. 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.].

1957 D. 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.

1993 M. K. Lawson Cnut 112 The Chronicle C text for 1036 also records his arrival and death, which an obit in an Ely calendar shows occurred on 5 February.

2. Christian Church.

a. An office or service, usually a mass, held to pray for the soul of or otherwise commemorate a deceased person (at the request and usually the expense of that person or his or her family) on the anniversary of his or her death, or at some other appointed time; a yearly or other regular memorial service.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > obsequies > commemorative ceremonies > [noun] > religious or mass

memory?c1225

soul massc1300

minda1325

requiem1389

obit1394

minninga1400

requiem massa1529

memorial service1858

ob1890

black mass1900

1394 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1836) I. 185 (MED) I will that prestes of my parisch kirk have a quarte of wyne and a pund of wax candill to syng wyth on the day of my buryng, and at the obet also.

1408 Will in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 215 My obytis, that ys for to sayn, my ȝerys mynde.

1436 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 107 (MED) I wol..to the Personne of the same parish holdynge myn obbite durynge iij yere, Euery yere vj s., viij d.

c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 103 (MED) Þei vow hem to hold an abit, or oþer ritis.

?c1500 Oath Sanct. in Archaeol. 17 199 Ye shalbe redy at the obite of Kyng Adelstan, at the Dirige and the Messe at such tyme as it is done..and do your dewte in ryngyng.

1513 Will of Robert Fabyan in R. Fabyan New Chrons. Eng. & France (1811) Pref. p. vii I will, that by the terme of. ix. years after my decesse be kept an obite w^tin the parisshe churche of seynt Benet Fynk.

1531 Prot. Bk. M. Fleming 17b For ane obbit & derige to be don ȝerly..for Rob Walker.

1618 ( Inventory in E. Peacock Eng. Church Furnit. (1866) 184 Item, 2 clothes of gold of read and grene, with all the honourments for the sepulchre and for or obetes.

a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) i. 215 Obits, Dirges, Masses are not said for nothing.

1694 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) V. 221 Obits, Trentals, and Services for the Dead.

1732 D. Neal Hist. Puritans I. 42 Some preached against the lawfulness of Soul Masses and Obits.

1827 T. Jarman Powell's Ess. Learning of Devises (ed. 3) II. 13 Lands, tenements, or goods, are given for the maintenance of persons to pray for the souls of dead men in purgatory, or to maintain perpetual obits, lamps, &c.

1851 W. White Hist. Staffordshire 498 Ralph Lord Basset..died in 1389, and for the yearly keeping of his obit, gave 200 marks to the altar of St. Nicholas.

1894 Dict. National Biogr. XXXVII. 147/1 He consented to the abolition of all obits and chantries, though the loss to himself must have been considerable.

1988 J. C. K. Cornwall Wealth & Society in Early 16th Cent. Eng. (BNC) 103 A complex miscellany comprising the endowments of chantries, guilds, lights, obits and so forth.

†b. A gift made or bequeathed for such an office; (the revenue from) an endowment intended to provide for the commemoration of a deceased person. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > obsequies > [noun] > funeral offerings

obit1500

infest1567

paper money1704

hell money1940

1500 in R. W. Cochran-Patrick Charters of Friars Preachers of Ayr (1881) 67 Alsua the foirsaid convent..sall yeirly haif to thair part of the said of obeit of the malis [etc.]..and of the said tenement..acht schillingis perpetually.

1522 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 106 I will that myne Executor make an obbet of xx^s at my twelfmonth day.

1566 in E. Peacock Eng. Church Furnit. (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.

1568 A. Scott Poems 4 With owklie abitis to augment þair rentalis.

1619 in R. Renwick Extracts Rec. Stirling (1887) I. 152 The obites and ground annuellis belangand of ald to the chaplenes of this burgh.

1649 in R. Renwick Extracts Rec. Stirling (1887) I. 196 A roll of the tounes obittis to be examinat, copiet and layit.

†c. A ceremony or office performed at the burial of a deceased person; funeral rites, obsequies. Frequently in plural. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

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

officec1300

exequy1382

obsequyc1385

exequy1389

mortuaryc1450

funeral1513

obit1525

funeral honoursa1535

last offices1535

justments1648

pompe funèbre1934

1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. xliii. 141 When the kynges obyte was done, the comons of Lysbone..wente to the cathedral chyrche.

c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 5357 Honour me with obit as ogh myn astate.

1556 in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars (1852) 96 The xxvij. of June [1555] was kept the obijt of the kynges grandhame, with a goodly herse as ever was sene.

1632 T. Heywood Iron Age iv. i These obets once past o're, which we desire, Those eyes that now shed water, shall speake fire.

1660 J. Ogilby tr. Homer Iliad xxiv Thus Hectors Obits celebrated were.

1708 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) 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.

†3. A payment due at the time of someone's death. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > other dues, taxes, or imposts > [noun]

groundagec1450

obit1468

battelc1475

consulage1589

stickpenny1601

garden penny1634

castle-guard1641

Thing-dues1886

1468 in J. H. Lumby Cal. Norris Deeds Lancs. (1939) 124 (MED) This ben thai that hayn purchast out hor obetts For hom and for hor Ayres..and put thaym in cirtante, that is for to wete, that ychon of these 7 in Magna Wulton shall dobull thayre rent at hor dessese in the name of hor obett.

1468 in J. H. Lumby Cal. Norris Deeds Lancs. (1939) 124 (MED) All other Charterers that Dwellyn within the sayed Town awght for to pay a nobett, that is for to wete thrydpart his part when the detts arr witt at his dissese.

†4. The setting of a celestial object. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > heavenly body > movement of heavenly bodies > [noun] > set

setc1386

descensiona1398

settinga1400

resconsing1503

declination?1504

fall1549

retreat1601

obit1656

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Obit,..the setting of going down of the Sun.

1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. xii. 53 The Rises and Obits of the Planets.

Compounds

General attributive, as obit book, obit day, obit feast, etc.

ΚΠ

1428 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 78 (MED) I wil that the same Henry haue in possession to his profite and easment, duryng an hool ȝere next aftur myn obit day, Alle the encrece that is comyng of my wyne.

1521 in R. Renwick Extracts Rec. Stirling (1887) I. 13 Twa markis of obit silver..for sufferagh to be doun for the saullis of wmquhill Allexander lord Elphinstoun and Sir Johen Elphinstoun, his fader.

1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos vii. sig. S.ij^v When her obyt ryghtes were ended all, And tombe vpreysyd.

1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) xii. f. 153 Hold heere an obitgift hee sayd.

1609 J. Davies Holy Roode sig. I2 Of sad Sighes, they make their Obiit-Song.

1657 in J. Robertson & C. Innes Munimenta Univ. Glasguensis (1854) I. 336 Obitsilver.

1725 T. Hearne in R. Mannyng Chron. Pref. 25 (margin) The Obituaries, or Obit Books of Bridlington.

1829 J. B. Heath Some Acct. Worshipful Company of Grocers (1869) 232 A solemn obiit anniversary, or twelve months mind.

1885 Dict. National Biogr. I. 267/2 The name of Alexander's mother, we learn from the Lincoln obit book, was Ada.

1897 Daily News 27 Sept. 5/2 Yesterday being ‘Obiit Sunday’ Bp. Barry preached a special sermon at St. George's Chapel, Windsor.

1911 J. Gairdner Lollardy & Reformation II. Introd. p. xxxii Here are the words, translated from the original Latin of the St. Albans obit book.

1995 A. D. Brown Pop. Piety Late Medieval Eng. ii. 52 The communar account rolls record that £1 was spent on his obit day between 1347 and 1536.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	obit
释义	obitn.¹ Brit. /ˈɒbɪt/, /ˈəʊbɪt/, U.S. /ˈoʊbət/ Forms: Middle English abit, Middle English nobett, Middle English obbite, Middle English obitt, Middle English–1500s obett, Middle English–1500s obyt, Middle English–1500s (1800s archaic) obyte, Middle English–1600s obet, Middle English–1600s obite, Middle English– obit, 1500s nobbet, 1500s obbet, 1500s obbett, 1500s obbitte, 1500s obbyt, 1500s obete, 1500s obijt, 1500s obytt, 1500s–1600s 1800s obiit; Scottish pre-1700 abit, pre-1700 obbit, pre-1700 obbyt, pre-1700 obeit, pre-1700 obeitt, pre-1700 obeyt, pre-1700 obite, pre-1700 obitt, pre-1700 obyt, pre-1700 obyte, pre-1700 1800s– obit. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French obit; Latin obitus. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French obit (c1165 in Old French in sense 1, 1238 in sense 2) and their etymon classical Latin obitus a going down, setting (compare sense 4), death, in post-classical Latin also date or record of a person's death, obituary notice (from 12th cent. in British sources; compare sense 1b), service of commemoration of deceased person (frequently from 12th cent. in British sources; compare sense 2), mortuary payment (from 13th cent. in British sources; compare sense 3) < classical Latin obīre to go down, perish, die (for mortem obīre to meet death) < ob- ob- prefix + īre to go (see exit v.¹). Compare Italian obito (1263), Spanish óbito (1400; 1385 as obito).With obit book , obit day (see Compounds) compare post-classical Latin liber obitarius , dies obitarius (late 15th cent. in British sources). The frequently attested form obiit is perhaps due to identification with classical Latin obiit he, she, or it died (see ob. v.); compare post-classical Latin obiit death (c1258 in a British source). Forms with initial n- show metanalysis (see N n.). Now historical. 1. †a. Death; decease of a person. Obsolete.In quot. 1694 a humorously pedantic imitation of Latin. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [noun] hensithOE qualmOE bale-sithea1000 endingc1000 fallOE forthsitheOE soulingOE life's endOE deathOE hethensithc1200 last end?c1225 forthfarec1275 dying1297 finec1300 partingc1300 endc1305 deceasec1330 departc1330 starving1340 passingc1350 latter enda1382 obita1382 perishingc1384 carrion1387 departing1388 finishmentc1400 trespassement14.. passing forthc1410 sesse1417 cess1419 fininga1425 resolutiona1425 departisona1450 passagea1450 departmentc1450 consummation?a1475 dormition1483 debt to (also of) naturea1513 dissolutionc1522 expirationa1530 funeral?a1534 change1543 departure1558 last change1574 transmigration1576 dissolving1577 shaking of the sheets?1577 departance1579 deceasure1580 mortality1582 deceasing1591 waftage1592 launching1599 quietus1603 doom1609 expire1612 expiring1612 period1613 defunctiona1616 Lethea1616 fail1623 dismissiona1631 set1635 passa1645 disanimation1646 suffering1651 abition1656 Passovera1662 latter (last) end1670 finis1682 exitus1706 perch1722 demission1735 demise1753 translation1760 transit1764 dropping1768 expiry1790 departal1823 finish1826 homegoing1866 the last (also final, great) round-up1879 snuffing1922 fade-out1924 thirty1929 appointment in Samarra1934 dirt nap1981 big chill1987 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Gen. xxv. 11 And þe days of þe lyf of Abraham wern ahundreþ & seuenty & fyue ȝere & fayling he was deed..& after þe obyte [a1425 L.V. deeth; L. obitum] of hym god blysside to ysaac hys sonn. c1425 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 35 (MED) The ȝere from the incarnacioun of oure Lorde mcxlviij, aftir the obite of Harry the first, kynge of Englonde, the xij yere. c1450 (a1400) Orologium Sapientiæ in Anglia (1888) 10 365 To þat ende þat þou haue a blessid obyte. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1871) III. 341 (MED) The sonne was seen to haue falle downe in the day of his [sc. Plato's] obite. c1503 tr. Magna Carta in R. Arnold Chron. f. lxxxij/1 Abyde she in the chief hous and mansion of her husbond by xl. daies aftir the obyte of her husbond. 1526 in J. Cooper Cartularium Eccl. St. Nicholai Aberdonensis (1888) I. 154 With ane trentell of messis in ye ouik [perh. read oulk] yat ye said obit sall happin in. 1554 in Bannatyne Misc. (1855) III. 77 Efter the obite of Erile Halcon succedit Erile Rolland. 1625 J. Ussher Answer to Jesuite 189 The anniversarie commemoration of the obite of Oswald. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Obit,..the death, dying or decay of one. 1694 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) v. 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; (also, occasionally) the date itself. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > obsequies > obituary > [noun] obit1459 obituary1738 necrology1799 necrologue1884 1459 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 227 Another olde Messe boke..in the which ar titled of olde tyme the Obitts of the auncetors..of the said Sir Thomas. 1535 A. Borde Let. 2 Aug. in Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) Foreword 57 Þe sayd reuerend faþer hath sentt to yow þe obytt off hys predycessor. 1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses I. 415 A Latine Manuscript containing the obits and characters of many eminent Benedictines. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) at Obituary A Calendar, or Register-Book, in which the Friers in a Monastery enter'd the Obits, or Obitual Days of their Founders and Benefactors. 1856 P. Thompson Hist. & Antiq. Boston, Lincoln 115 (note) In religious houses they had a register..wherein they entered the obits or obitual days of their founders and benefactors. 1898 Dict. National Biogr. LIV. 370/2 He appears to have died in 1072.., his obit being 22 Feb. 1899 C. 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.]. 1957 D. 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. 1993 M. K. Lawson Cnut 112 The Chronicle C text for 1036 also records his arrival and death, which an obit in an Ely calendar shows occurred on 5 February. 2. Christian Church. a. An office or service, usually a mass, held to pray for the soul of or otherwise commemorate a deceased person (at the request and usually the expense of that person or his or her family) on the anniversary of his or her death, or at some other appointed time; a yearly or other regular memorial service. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > obsequies > commemorative ceremonies > [noun] > religious or mass memory?c1225 soul massc1300 minda1325 requiem1389 obit1394 minninga1400 requiem massa1529 memorial service1858 ob1890 black mass1900 1394 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1836) I. 185 (MED) I will that prestes of my parisch kirk have a quarte of wyne and a pund of wax candill to syng wyth on the day of my buryng, and at the obet also. 1408 Will in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 215 My obytis, that ys for to sayn, my ȝerys mynde. 1436 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 107 (MED) I wol..to the Personne of the same parish holdynge myn obbite durynge iij yere, Euery yere vj s., viij d. c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 103 (MED) Þei vow hem to hold an abit, or oþer ritis. ?c1500 Oath Sanct. in Archaeol. 17 199 Ye shalbe redy at the obite of Kyng Adelstan, at the Dirige and the Messe at such tyme as it is done..and do your dewte in ryngyng. 1513 Will of Robert Fabyan in R. Fabyan New Chrons. Eng. & France (1811) Pref. p. vii I will, that by the terme of. ix. years after my decesse be kept an obite w^tin the parisshe churche of seynt Benet Fynk. 1531 Prot. Bk. M. Fleming 17b For ane obbit & derige to be don ȝerly..for Rob Walker. 1618 ( Inventory in E. Peacock Eng. Church Furnit. (1866) 184 Item, 2 clothes of gold of read and grene, with all the honourments for the sepulchre and for or obetes. a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) i. 215 Obits, Dirges, Masses are not said for nothing. 1694 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) V. 221 Obits, Trentals, and Services for the Dead. 1732 D. Neal Hist. Puritans I. 42 Some preached against the lawfulness of Soul Masses and Obits. 1827 T. Jarman Powell's Ess. Learning of Devises (ed. 3) II. 13 Lands, tenements, or goods, are given for the maintenance of persons to pray for the souls of dead men in purgatory, or to maintain perpetual obits, lamps, &c. 1851 W. White Hist. Staffordshire 498 Ralph Lord Basset..died in 1389, and for the yearly keeping of his obit, gave 200 marks to the altar of St. Nicholas. 1894 Dict. National Biogr. XXXVII. 147/1 He consented to the abolition of all obits and chantries, though the loss to himself must have been considerable. 1988 J. C. K. Cornwall Wealth & Society in Early 16th Cent. Eng. (BNC) 103 A complex miscellany comprising the endowments of chantries, guilds, lights, obits and so forth. †b. A gift made or bequeathed for such an office; (the revenue from) an endowment intended to provide for the commemoration of a deceased person. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > obsequies > [noun] > funeral offerings obit1500 infest1567 paper money1704 hell money1940 1500 in R. W. Cochran-Patrick Charters of Friars Preachers of Ayr (1881) 67 Alsua the foirsaid convent..sall yeirly haif to thair part of the said of obeit of the malis [etc.]..and of the said tenement..acht schillingis perpetually. 1522 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 106 I will that myne Executor make an obbet of xx^s at my twelfmonth day. 1566 in E. Peacock Eng. Church Furnit. (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. 1568 A. Scott Poems 4 With owklie abitis to augment þair rentalis. 1619 in R. Renwick Extracts Rec. Stirling (1887) I. 152 The obites and ground annuellis belangand of ald to the chaplenes of this burgh. 1649 in R. Renwick Extracts Rec. Stirling (1887) I. 196 A roll of the tounes obittis to be examinat, copiet and layit. †c. A ceremony or office performed at the burial of a deceased person; funeral rites, obsequies. Frequently in plural. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > obsequies > [noun] officec1300 exequy1382 obsequyc1385 exequy1389 mortuaryc1450 funeral1513 obit1525 funeral honoursa1535 last offices1535 justments1648 pompe funèbre1934 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. xliii. 141 When the kynges obyte was done, the comons of Lysbone..wente to the cathedral chyrche. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 5357 Honour me with obit as ogh myn astate. 1556 in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars (1852) 96 The xxvij. of June [1555] was kept the obijt of the kynges grandhame, with a goodly herse as ever was sene. 1632 T. Heywood Iron Age iv. i These obets once past o're, which we desire, Those eyes that now shed water, shall speake fire. 1660 J. Ogilby tr. Homer Iliad xxiv Thus Hectors Obits celebrated were. 1708 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) 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. †3. A payment due at the time of someone's death. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > other dues, taxes, or imposts > [noun] groundagec1450 obit1468 battelc1475 consulage1589 stickpenny1601 garden penny1634 castle-guard1641 Thing-dues1886 1468 in J. H. Lumby Cal. Norris Deeds Lancs. (1939) 124 (MED) This ben thai that hayn purchast out hor obetts For hom and for hor Ayres..and put thaym in cirtante, that is for to wete, that ychon of these 7 in Magna Wulton shall dobull thayre rent at hor dessese in the name of hor obett. 1468 in J. H. Lumby Cal. Norris Deeds Lancs. (1939) 124 (MED) All other Charterers that Dwellyn within the sayed Town awght for to pay a nobett, that is for to wete thrydpart his part when the detts arr witt at his dissese. †4. The setting of a celestial object. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > heavenly body > movement of heavenly bodies > [noun] > set setc1386 descensiona1398 settinga1400 resconsing1503 declination?1504 fall1549 retreat1601 obit1656 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Obit,..the setting of going down of the Sun. 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. xii. 53 The Rises and Obits of the Planets. Compounds General attributive, as obit book, obit day, obit feast, etc. ΚΠ 1428 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 78 (MED) I wil that the same Henry haue in possession to his profite and easment, duryng an hool ȝere next aftur myn obit day, Alle the encrece that is comyng of my wyne. 1521 in R. Renwick Extracts Rec. Stirling (1887) I. 13 Twa markis of obit silver..for sufferagh to be doun for the saullis of wmquhill Allexander lord Elphinstoun and Sir Johen Elphinstoun, his fader. 1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos vii. sig. S.ij^v When her obyt ryghtes were ended all, And tombe vpreysyd. 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) xii. f. 153 Hold heere an obitgift hee sayd. 1609 J. Davies Holy Roode sig. I2 Of sad Sighes, they make their Obiit-Song. 1657 in J. Robertson & C. Innes Munimenta Univ. Glasguensis (1854) I. 336 Obitsilver. 1725 T. Hearne in R. Mannyng Chron. Pref. 25 (margin) The Obituaries, or Obit Books of Bridlington. 1829 J. B. Heath Some Acct. Worshipful Company of Grocers (1869) 232 A solemn obiit anniversary, or twelve months mind. 1885 Dict. National Biogr. I. 267/2 The name of Alexander's mother, we learn from the Lincoln obit book, was Ada. 1897 Daily News 27 Sept. 5/2 Yesterday being ‘Obiit Sunday’ Bp. Barry preached a special sermon at St. George's Chapel, Windsor. 1911 J. Gairdner Lollardy & Reformation II. Introd. p. xxxii Here are the words, translated from the original Latin of the St. Albans obit book. 1995 A. D. Brown Pop. Piety Late Medieval Eng. ii. 52 The communar account rolls record that £1 was spent on his obit day between 1347 and 1536. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). obitn.² Brit. /əˈbɪt/, /ˈəʊbɪt/, /ˈɒbɪt/, U.S. /oʊˈbɪt/, /ˈoʊbət/ Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: obituary n. Etymology: Shortened < obituary n., perhaps after obit n.¹ colloquial (originally Journalists' slang). An obituary, esp. in a newspaper. ΘΚΠ society > communication > journalism > journal > matter of or for journals > [noun] > obituary obituary1738 obit1874 1874 Athenæum 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. 1902 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang V. 85/1 Obit..(journalists') an obituary notice. 1935 Atlantic Jan. 43 (title) Obit for E. Harris. 1964 W. R. Nash How Newspapers Work iv. 74 The ‘obits’..are revised at regular intervals. 2000 Daily Tel. 5 May 7/2 I have always felt that the key to the Telegraph obits was that they were done in a Wodehousian spirit with, one hopes, affection, humour and sympathy. Compounds General attributive, as obit column, obit man, obit page, etc. ΚΠ 1938 Washington Post 6 Nov. vi. 2/4 The winner, of course, was the reporter holding the name of the first ‘loss to State and Nation’ to appear on the obit page. 1944 C. Porter Compl. Lyrics (1983) 248/2 All your blues will seem less solemn when you make the obit column. 1953 N.Y. Times 9 Aug. 8/3 This is not the obit page. 1973 ‘D. Halliday’ Dolly & Starry Bird xi. 163 I wanted Charles in my scene, taking photographs and delivering obituary verses... You just have to..make up obit verses and laugh at them. 1992 F. Hiatt Secret Sun i. i. 10 Gravitz, the obit man.., had been at the paper longer than anyone. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † obitadj. Forms: late Middle English obitte. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin obitus. Etymology: < classical Latin obitus, past participle of obīre to die (see obit n.¹). Obsolete. rare. Deceased, dead. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [adjective] deadOE lifelessOE of lifeOE storvena1225 dead as a door-nail1362 ydead1387 stark deadc1390 colda1400 bypast1425 perishedc1440 morta1450 obita1450 unquickc1449 gone?a1475 dead and gone1482 extinct1483 departed1503 bygonea1522 amort1546 soulless1553 breathless1562 parted1562 mortified1592 low-laid1598 disanimate1601 carcasseda1603 defunct1603 no morea1616 with God1617 death-stricken1618 death-strucken1622 expired1631 past itc1635 incinerated1657 stock-dead1662 dead as a herring1664 death-struck1688 as dead as a nit1789 (as) dead as mutton1792 low1808 laid in the locker1815 strae-dead1820 disanimated1833 ghosted1834 under the daisies1842 irresuscitable1843 under the sod1847 toes up1851 dead and buried1863 devitalized1866 translated1869 dead and done (for, with)1886 daid1890 bung1893 (as) dead as the (or a) dodo1904 six feet under1942 brown bread1969 a1450 York Plays (1885) 388 (MED) Þai saide þat I schulde be obitte, To hell þat I schulde entre in, And saue my seruauntis fro þat pitte. 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