Bible Dictionaries
Obit

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) Death; decease; the date of one's death.

(2):

(n.) A funeral solemnity or office; obsequies.

(3):

(n.) A service for the soul of a deceased person on the anniversary of the day of his death.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Obit'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​o/obit.html. 1828.