departed

Etymology

verb

1. simple past and past participle of depart

adj

1. Having gone away.
   relics from a departed era
2. (euphemistic) Dead.

noun

1. (euphemistic) A dead person or persons.
   ... 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