Meanings
- not comparableAfter death.
Post obitum, Clemente is capable of causing a furor.
1973 March 21, Bill Christine, “Playing Games”, in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, volume 46, number 200, page 272 more examples
Because of his excellent scholarship and general high standing in the college, the faculty recommended that he be given, post obitum, the degree for which he matriculated, namely, pharmaceutical chemist.
1920, American Druggist and Pharmaceutical Record, page 62But Brown, like Lawrence, remains, post obitum, a very interesting character.
1997 December 11, Tom Baxter, “Digging dirt leaves Clinton opponents stuck in hole”, in The Atlanta Constitution, volume 130, number 128, page A15Synonyms: posthumously, post mortem
- not comparableAfter death.
One of the doctor’s degrees was a post obitum award.
1955 June 6, “OSC Grads Get Diplomas Today At Sunny Rites”, in The Corvallis Gazette-Times, volume 48, number 30, Corvallis, Ore., page 12 more examples
Victims of Dartmouth tragedy to receive post obitum degrees.
1934 June 18, “You Will Want To Read These Features Today”, in The Paterson Morning Call, volume CIV, number 145, page twenty-fourThe King may be gone, but not forgotten, selling boxed six-record album sets, doing the Jailhouse Rock on the morning movie, appearing on HBO and Showtime specials, his glandular post obitum voice everywhere on the AM band, itching like a man on a fuzzy tree.
1985 January 6, Lawrence Devine, “The King’s legend will never die”, in The Clarion-Ledger; Jackson Daily News, volume 32, number 4, Jackson, Miss., page 1CSynonyms: posthumous, post mortem
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbAfter death.
adjectiveAfter death.
Origin
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