Mortuary

['mɔːtjʊərɪ;-tʃʊ-] or ['mɔrtʃuɛri]

Definition

(adj.) of or relating to a funeral .

(adj.) of or relating to or characteristic of death .

Edited by Antony--From WordNet

Definition

(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.) A burial place; a place for the dead.

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

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

Checked by Jo

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Cemetery, graveyard, churchyard, burial-place, necropolis, burial ground, city of the dead.

a. Of the dead.

Editor: Megan

Definition

n. adj. belonging to the burial of the dead.—n. a burial-place place for the temporary reception of the dead: a gift claimed by the minister of a parish on the death of a parishioner.

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