mortuary (redirected from mortuaries)

mor·tu·ar·y  (môrch-r)

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.

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[Middle English mortuarie, gift to a parish priest from the estate of the deceased, funeral service, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin morturium, receptacle for dead things, neuter of morturius, of the dead, from mortuus, dead, past participle of mor, to die; see mer- in Indo-European roots.]

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mortuary

Noun

pl -aries a building or room where dead bodies are kept before cremation or burial [Latin mortuarius of the dead]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mortuary - a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation dead room, morgue building, 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 cremated funeral 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

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mortuary

noun morgue, funeral home U.S. funeral parlour

Translations

mortuary [ˈmɔːtjuərɪ] n → depósito de cadáveres

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mortuary [ˈmɔːtjuərɪ] n → morgue f

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mortuary [ˈmɔːtjuərɪ] n → Leichenhalle f

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mortuary [ˈmɔːtjuərɪ] n → camera mortuaria; obitorio

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mortuary

n mortuary [moːtʃuəri]

a building or room eg in a hospital, where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation. lykskamer مكان حِفْظ جُثَث المَوتى قَبْل دَفْنِها погребален márnice kapel die Leichenhalle νεκροθάλαμος, νεκροτομείο depósito de cadáveres surnukamber مرده شوى خانه ruumishuone morgue חֲדַר מֵתִים मुर्दाघर, मुरदाघर mrtvačnica halottasház, tetemnéző kamar mayat líkhús obitorio, camera mortuaria 死体仮置場 영안실 lavoninė kapliča; morgs rumah mayat lijkenkamer likkapell; begravelsesbyrå kostnica mortuário morgă морг márnica mrtvašnica mrtvačnica bårhus ห้องดับจิต morg, cenaze evi 停屍房 покійницька, морг مردہ خانہ nhà xác 停尸房