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noun
2.
a customary gift formerly claimed by and due to the incumbent of a parish in England from the estate of a deceased parishioner.
adjective
3.
of or pertaining to the burial of the dead.
4.
pertaining to or connected with death.
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Mortuary
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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English mortuarie < Medieval Latin mortuārium, noun use of neuter of Latin mortuārius of the dead, equivalent to mortu(us) dead + -ārius -ary
1350–1400; Middle English mortuarie < Medieval Latin mortuārium, noun use of neuter of Latin mortuārius of the dead, equivalent to mortu(us) dead + -ārius -ary
Related forms
pre·mor·tu·ar·y, adjective
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- Cut marks on the skulls suggest an early form of mortuary practice.
- Telltale marks on the bones suggest that the hominids engaged in mortuary rituals.
- Inside these mortuary complexes, people presumably gathered to worship and perpetuate the memory of their departed ruler.
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Word Origin & History
mortuary
early 14c., from Anglo-Fr. mortuarie "gift to a parish priest from a deceased parishioner," from M.L. mortuarium, from neut. of mortuarius "pertaining to the dead," from L. mortuus, pp. of mori "to die" (see mortal). Meaning "place where bodies are kept temporarily" first
EXPANDrecorded 1865, a euphemism for earlier deadhouse.
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Medical Dictionary
mortuary mor·tu·ar·y (môr'ch&oomacr;-ěr'ē)
n.
A place, especially a funeral home, where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation.
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