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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 338 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NECROLOGY (from Med. See also:Lat. necrologium, Gr. vEKpos, See also:corpse, the termination being formed from X ytos, X yeLv to read, in the sense of See also:list, See also:register; cf. " See also:martyrology ") , a register in a monastery or other ecclesiastical See also:establishment of the names of the deceased members of the society, or of those for whom the prayers of the See also:foundation were offered as benefactors; hence any See also:roll or list of deceased persons or collection of obituaries.

End of Article: NECROLOGY (from Med. Lat. necrologium, Gr. vEKpos, corpse, the termination being formed from X ytos, X yeLv to read, in the sense of list, register; cf. " martyrology ")

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