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n. Death; decease; the date of one's death. A funeral solemnity or office; obsequies. A service for the soul of a deceased person on the anniversary of the day of his death. Post obit. See Post-obit. That particular solemnity or office for the dead, which the Roman Catholic church appoints to be read or performed over the body of a deceased member of that communion before interment; also the office which, upon the anniversary of his death, was frequently used as a commemoration or observance of the day. - To reach the end in death.