departed

adj, noun — 3 senses

departed

adj

US /dɪˈpɑɹtɪd/ · UK /dɪˈpɑːtɪd/

1

Having gone away.

relics from a departed era

2

Euphemistic Dead.

Derived terms: dearly departed, departedness, undeparted

departed

noun

1

Euphemistic Synonym of dead (“those who have died”).

... and our Theologians, in stead thereof vie to make sermons, both teaching the people some good learning, and also saying well of the departed.1589, George Puttenham, edited by Edward Arber, The Arte of English Poesie, published 1869, page 63:

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