About The Word Mortuary
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Mortuary
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What's The Definition Of Mortuary?
[n] a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation
[adj] of or relating to a funeral [adj] of or relating to or characteristic of death Synonyms | Synonyms for Mortuary: dead room | morgue Related Terms | Find terms related to Mortuary: blue | burning ghat | cadaverous | charnel house | cinerary | corpselike | crematorium | crematory | deadhouse | deadly | deathlike | deathly | deathly pale | dirgelike | dismal | eerie | epitaphic | exequial | feral | funebrial | funebrious | funebrous | funeral | funerary | funereal | ghastly | ghostlike | ghostly | grisly | gruesome | haggard | livid | lurid | macabre | mausoleum | morgue | mournful | necrological | obituary | obsequial | pale | sepulchral | uncanny | unearthly | wan | weird See Also | building | crematorium | crematory | edifice | funeral chapel | funeral church | funeral home | funeral parlor | funeral parlour | funeral-residence Mortuary In Webster's Dictionary \Mor"tu*a*ry\, n.; pl. {Mortuaries}. [LL. mortuarium.
See {Mortuary}, a.]
1. A sort of ecclesiastical heriot, a customary gift claimed
by, and due to, the minister of a parish on the death of a
parishioner. It seems to have been originally a voluntary
bequest or donation, intended to make amends for any
failure in the payment of tithes of which the deceased had
been guilty.
2. A burial place; a place for the dead.
3. A place for the reception of the dead before burial; a
deadhouse; a morgue.
\Mor"tu*a*ry\, a. [L. mortuarius, fr. mortuus dead: cf. F. mortuaire. See {Mortal}.] Of or pertaining to the dead; as, mortuary monuments. {Mortuary urn}, an urn for holding the ashes of the dead. |
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