Uk English Meaning of mortuary

mortuary

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Definitions and Meaning of mortuary in English

Wordnet

mortuary (n)

a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation

Wordnet

mortuary (a)

of or relating to or characteristic of death

of or relating to a funeral

Webster

mortuary (a.)

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.

A burial place; a place for the dead.

A place for the reception of the dead before burial; a deadhouse; a morgue.

Of or pertaining to the dead; as, mortuary monuments.

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mortuary

a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation, of or relating to or characteristic of death, of or relating to a funeralA sort of e

dead,deadly,mortal,spectral,deadly,ghostly,lethal,murderous,phantom,cadaverous

active,alive,animate,breathing,gay,live,living,Vital,animated,bouncing

mortuaries => mortuaries, mortrew => mortrew, mortress => mortar, mortpay => Mortality, morton => Morton,