Definition of: necrology

(ne·krol′ə·jē) noun plural ·gies
1. A list of persons who have died in a certain place or time.
2. A treatise on or an account of the dead.
3. Formerly, a register of those for whose souls prayer was to be offered. [<NECRO- + Gk. logos a list, register]
—nec·ro·log·ic (nek′rə·loj′ik), nec′ro·log′i·cal adjective
—nec′ro·log′i·cal·ly adverb
—ne·crol′o·gist noun