the deceased

n (pl unchanged 复数不变) (law or fml 律或文) person who has died, esp recently 已死的人（尤指死去不久者）.

the Blessed Sacrament, the blind, the body politic, the British, the British Isles, the Broads, the Bronze Age, the burden of proof, the Christian Era, the Church of England, the Civil Service, the class struggle (also the class war), the Communist Party, the Conservative Party, the Consolidated Fund, the Coptic Church, the Corn Laws, the damned, the Dark Ages, the Dark Continent, the deep South, the departed, the Depression, the disinherited, the dispossessed, the dog-star, the East End, the Eastern Bloc, the elect, the electric chair, the English Channel (also the Channel), the Eternal City, the evening star, the fair sex, the faithful, the fallen, the Far East, the Far West, the few, the fine print,