mourning housen.

Brit.

/ˈmɔːnɪŋ ˌhaʊs/, U.S.

/ˈmɔrnɪŋ ˌ(h)aʊs/

Forms: see mourning n.¹ and house n.¹ and int.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mourning n.¹, house n.¹ and int.

Etymology: < mourning n.¹ + house n.¹ and int.

1. A tomb, a mausoleum; a building in which human remains are stored, either for the purpose of ritual or interment.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > types of tomb > [noun] > monumental

tombc1300

mourning house1402

1402 Reply Friar Daw Topias in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1861) II. 76 To make siche housynge to men that ben deede, to whiche longith but graves and mornynge housis.

1892 Littell's Living Age 6 Aug. 376/2 Within the mourning house..are the hair and nails and the pieces of skull preserved since the wet funeral of each of those whose obsequies are celebrated today.

1928 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 58 Pl. 39 (caption) Konyak soul-figures in mourning-house near corpse exposed on platform.

1942 Antiquity 16 96 The establishment was certainly built as a private burial-place by a prominent local family, and it seems legitimate to ask whether it may not have been more of the nature of a mourning house such as are still seen in Egypt.

1993 H. N. Thomas Spirits in Dark xv. 174 He slept at his parents' house but rose at dawn, just before the sun touched the mountain tops, and headed to the mourning house.

2. A house occupied by people in mourning, or used for the purpose of mourning.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > house used for other specific purpose

mourning house1535

pleasure house1590

meeting house1656

molly-house1728

noon-house1845

maneaba1944

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Eccl. vii. 2 The herte of ye wyse is in the mournynge house, but the hert of the foolish is in the house of myrth.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 800 I will..shutt My wofull selfe vp in a mourning house, Rayning the teares of lamentation, For the remembraunce of my Fathers death.

1706 I. Watts Horæ Lyricæ ii. 230 He's set for ever, and must never rise. Then why these beams,..these lightsome smiles descending from afar, To greet a mourning house?

1839 N. P. Willis Two Ways of Dying iv. iii. 110 Who's that would enter to a mourning house?

1997 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 29 Apr. a7 Aqabneh was buried late Sunday. Monday, hundreds of tearful, angry students marched from their schools to the mourning house set up by Aqabneh's family.

3. A shop selling mourning clothes, etc. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > shops selling clothes, cloth, or accessories

glovery1483

small storesa1643

woollen-drapery1688

slop-shop1723

mercery1773

Manchester warehouse1788

shoe-store1789

haberdashery1813

shoe-shop1824

clothing store1829

mourning house1849

mourning warehousec1860

bootery1920

1849 Southern Literary Messenger 15 127/1 This reminds us of the mourning houses in London, where different degrees in distress are typified by the color of the garments sold.

1867 London Rev. 23 Feb. 227/1 We have no doubt but that the mourning-houses have already supplied themselves with chignons for sad occasions.

1989 Washington Post (Nexis) 4 Mar. c1 Rules and regulations for mourning were published in magazines and books, as well as in brochures from mourning houses.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mourning house
释义	mourning housen. Brit. /ˈmɔːnɪŋ ˌhaʊs/, U.S. /ˈmɔrnɪŋ ˌ(h)aʊs/ Forms: see mourning n.¹ and house n.¹ and int. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mourning n.¹, house n.¹ and int. Etymology: < mourning n.¹ + house n.¹ and int. 1. A tomb, a mausoleum; a building in which human remains are stored, either for the purpose of ritual or interment. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > types of tomb > [noun] > monumental tombc1300 mourning house1402 1402 Reply Friar Daw Topias in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1861) II. 76 To make siche housynge to men that ben deede, to whiche longith but graves and mornynge housis. 1892 Littell's Living Age 6 Aug. 376/2 Within the mourning house..are the hair and nails and the pieces of skull preserved since the wet funeral of each of those whose obsequies are celebrated today. 1928 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 58 Pl. 39 (caption) Konyak soul-figures in mourning-house near corpse exposed on platform. 1942 Antiquity 16 96 The establishment was certainly built as a private burial-place by a prominent local family, and it seems legitimate to ask whether it may not have been more of the nature of a mourning house such as are still seen in Egypt. 1993 H. N. Thomas Spirits in Dark xv. 174 He slept at his parents' house but rose at dawn, just before the sun touched the mountain tops, and headed to the mourning house. 2. A house occupied by people in mourning, or used for the purpose of mourning. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > house used for other specific purpose mourning house1535 pleasure house1590 meeting house1656 molly-house1728 noon-house1845 maneaba1944 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Eccl. vii. 2 The herte of ye wyse is in the mournynge house, but the hert of the foolish is in the house of myrth. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 800 I will..shutt My wofull selfe vp in a mourning house, Rayning the teares of lamentation, For the remembraunce of my Fathers death. View more context for this quotation 1706 I. Watts Horæ Lyricæ ii. 230 He's set for ever, and must never rise. Then why these beams,..these lightsome smiles descending from afar, To greet a mourning house? 1839 N. P. Willis Two Ways of Dying iv. iii. 110 Who's that would enter to a mourning house? 1997 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 29 Apr. a7 Aqabneh was buried late Sunday. Monday, hundreds of tearful, angry students marched from their schools to the mourning house set up by Aqabneh's family. 3. A shop selling mourning clothes, etc. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > shops selling clothes, cloth, or accessories glovery1483 small storesa1643 woollen-drapery1688 slop-shop1723 mercery1773 Manchester warehouse1788 shoe-store1789 haberdashery1813 shoe-shop1824 clothing store1829 mourning house1849 mourning warehousec1860 bootery1920 1849 Southern Literary Messenger 15 127/1 This reminds us of the mourning houses in London, where different degrees in distress are typified by the color of the garments sold. 1867 London Rev. 23 Feb. 227/1 We have no doubt but that the mourning-houses have already supplied themselves with chignons for sad occasions. 1989 Washington Post (Nexis) 4 Mar. c1 Rules and regulations for mourning were published in magazines and books, as well as in brochures from mourning houses. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1402
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