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mortuary

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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.

[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.]

mortuary [ˈmɔːtʃʊərɪ]
n pl -aries
(Medicine) Also called morgue a building where dead bodies are kept before cremation or burial
adj
of 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]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.mortuarymortuary - a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation
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

mortuary
noun morgue, funeral home (U.S.), funeral parlour The bodies were taken to a mortuary.
Translations
mortuary [ˈmɔːtjʊərɪ]
A. Ndepósito m de cadáveres
B. ADJmortuorio

mortuary [ˈmɔːrtʃuəri] nmorgue f

mortuary
nLeichenhalle f

mortuary [ˈmɔːtjʊərɪ] ncamera mortuaria
mortuary [ˈmɔːtjʊərɪ] ncamera mortuaria

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


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And the four friends quit the room, leaving to Planchet and Fourreau the duty of paying mortuary honors to Brisemont.
It seemed to him that the voice of the bishop's, but just now so playful and gay, had become funereal and sad; that the wax lights changed into the tapers of a mortuary chapel, the very glasses of wine into chalices of blood.
And, after that, he took them one dark night and left them in the parish mortuary.
 
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