commorient

From Latin commoriens, present participle of commori.

commorient (not comparable)

1. Dying together or at the same time.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir G. Buck to this entry?)

commorient (plural commorients)

1. Someone dying at the same time as someone else.
   • 1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson:

     All the men felt at a glance that he, coming to meet death thus, did no more than the right homage to Zuleika—aye, and that he made them all partakers in his own glory, casting his great mantle over all commorients.

• metronomic, monometric