departed

/dɪˈpɑrɾɪd/

/dɪˈpɑtɪd/

Something that's departed is gone, or happened in the distant past. An archaeologist might unearth artifacts from a departed era.

Anything that's past or long gone is departed, including a person who has died. When your friend talks about her dear, departed Uncle Bob, you know that Uncle Bob is no longer living. The word has been a euphemism for "dead" since at least the 16th century — the traditional wedding service once read "till death us depart," rather than today's "till death do us part."

Definitions of departed

1. adjective

   well in the past; former
   “relics of a departed era”

   synonyms: bygone, bypast, foregone, gone

   past

   earlier than the present time; no longer current
2. noun

   someone who is no longer alive
   synonyms: dead person, dead soul, deceased, deceased person, decedent

   examples:

   Lazarus

   the person who Jesus raised from the dead after four days in the tomb; this miracle caused the enemies of Jesus to begin the plan to put him to death

   types:

   infernal

   an inhabitant of Hell

   living dead, zombi, zombie

   a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force

   type of:

   individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul

   a human being
3. adjective

   dead
   “our dear departed friend”

   synonyms: asleep, at peace, at rest, deceased, gone

   dead

   no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life