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Mortuary Definition And Meaning
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"tuary\, 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"tuary\, 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.

Mortuary Definition And Meaning

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

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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