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mor·tu·ar·y M0431700 (môr′cho͞o-ĕr′ē)n. pl. mor·tu·ar·ies A place, especially a funeral home, where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation.adj.1. Of or relating to burial practices.2. Relating to or characteristic of death. [Middle English mortuarie, gift to a parish priest from the estate of the deceased, funeral service, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin mortuārium, receptacle for dead things, neuter of mortuārius, of the dead, from mortuus, dead, past participle of morī, to die; see mer- in Indo-European roots.]mortuary (ˈmɔːtʃʊərɪ) n, pl -aries (Medicine) Also called: morgue a building where dead bodies are kept before cremation or burialadjof or relating to death or burial[C14 (as n, a funeral gift to a parish priest): via Medieval Latin mortuārium (n) from Latin mortuārius of the dead]mor•tu•ar•y (ˈmɔr tʃuˌɛr i) n., pl. -ar•ies, adj. n. 1. funeral home. adj. 2. of or pertaining to burial of the dead. 3. pertaining to or connected with death. [1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin mortuārium, n. use of neuter of Latin mortuārius of the dead =mortu(us) dead + -ārius -ary] ThesaurusNoun | 1. | mortuary - a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremationdead room, morguebuilding, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"crematorium, crematory - a mortuary where corpses are crematedfuneral chapel, funeral church, funeral home, funeral parlor, funeral parlour, funeral-residence - a mortuary where those who knew the deceased can come to pay their last respects | Adj. | 1. | mortuary - of or relating to or characteristic of death | | 2. | mortuary - of or relating to a funeral |
mortuarynoun morgue, funeral home (U.S.), funeral parlour The bodies were taken to a mortuary.Translationsmortuary (moːtʃuəri) – plural ˈmortuaries – noun a building or room eg in a hospital, where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation. 停屍間 停尸房mortuaryenUK
mortuary a building where dead bodies are kept before cremation or burial morgue, mortuaryA room or building for the holding and/or identification of dead bodies prior to burial or cremation.mortuaryenUK
mor·tu·ar·y (mōr'chū-ār'ē), 1. Relating to death or to burial. 2. Synonym(s): morgue [L. mortuus, dead, part. adj. fr. morior, pp. mortuus, to die] The section in a hospital where the bodies of decedents or cadavers are stored before being sent either to a funeral home for burial services or to the coroner’s or state medical examiner’s office, if the cause of the death is uncertain or questionable.mor·tu·ar·y (mōr'chū-ar-ē) 1. Relating to death or to burial. 2. Synonym(s): morgue. [L. mortuus, dead, fr. morior, to die]LegalSeeMortuariesmortuaryenUK Related to mortuary: embalmingSynonyms for mortuarynoun morgueSynonyms- morgue
- funeral home
- funeral parlour
Synonyms for mortuarynoun a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremationSynonymsRelated Words- building
- edifice
- crematorium
- crematory
- funeral chapel
- funeral church
- funeral home
- funeral parlor
- funeral parlour
- funeral-residence
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