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Dictionary definition of “homegoing”

homegoing

n. a death; a funeral. Subjects: ,
Citations: 1874 Benjamin B. Bausman Herald and Torch Light (Hagerstown, Md.) (Apr. 29) “Reminiscenses of the War”: If the dead have died in Christ, then dying is a home going. 1918 Iowa Recorder (Greene) (June 12) “Bristow” p. 2: Mr. C.V. Surfus who passed out of this life…was born in De Kalb, County, Ind., November 25, 1837 and at the time of his homegoing was 80 years, 6 months, 7 days. 1983 Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City) (Feb. 14) “Izora Clark Rogers”: She leaves to mourn her home going, 1 son. 2004 John M. Broder New York Times (June 19) “In a Sprawling Memoir, Clinton Cites Storms and Settles Scores”: He said that in the many black churches he had visited he had heard funerals referred to as “homegoings.”

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