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thanatographies

thanatographies is the plural of thanatography.

Meaning of thanatography

Noun

thanatography (plural thanatographies)

  1. An account, usually written, of the death of a person.
    • I am tempted to assert that all writing falls somewhere between "oneirography" (a writing out of dreams) and "thanatography" (a writing out of deaths).1991, University of Auckland, Instituto Vox, Antipodas, numbers 3-4, University of Auckland, →ISBN, page 55

Questions about thanatographies

What is thanatographies the plural of?
Thanatographies is the plural of thanatography.

Words near thanatographies in the dictionary

  1. thanatognomonic
  2. thanatographer
  3. thanatographers
  4. thanatographic
  5. thanatographical
  6. thanatographies
  7. thanatography
  8. thanatoid
  9. thanatolatry
  10. thanatologic
  11. thanatological

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