departed

verb

1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of depart

adj

1. (not-comparable)Having gone away.

   “relics from a departed era”

2. (euphemistic, not-comparable)Dead.

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.”