Medieval wills often contained bequests to pay for the singing of special (non-perpetual) masses on the testator's behalf. These obits, as they were called, combined alms for the poor with masses for the dead.
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Obit
Synonyms for "obit" (10 found)
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4 entriesfuneral noticeobituary columnobituary featurepaid death notice
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5 entriesdeath noticenewspaper obituaryobituary articleobituary columnpaid death notice
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So a proposed US series, called Circling the Drain, is certainly breaking new ground. It involves a 25-year-old reporter (played by Caprica's Alessandra Torresani) who is reassigned from a paper's style section to its obits desk.
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