mortuary

mortuary
funeral home fu"ner*al home`, n. An establishment, usually commercial, where the bodies of dead persons are prepared for viewing before burial or cremation; called also {funeral parlor}, {mortuary}, {funeral chapel} and informally, {undertaker's}. The body may or may not be preserved by embalming before viewing or burial, and in some cases the body is not exposed for viewing, though present in a casket. Often, some form of memorial service is held for the deceased at the funeral home, where friends and relatives may come to pay their respects to the dead, and express condolence to the family. The work of preparation of the body and many other arrangements related to the funeral and burial are carried out by an undertaker or mortician who manages the funeral home. [PJC]

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  • Mortuary — Mor tu*a*ry, n.; pl. {Mortuaries}. [LL. mortuarium. See {Mortuary}, a.] 1. 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • mortuary — [n] funeral home charnel house, crematory, funeral parlor, morgue; concept 304 …   New thesaurus

  • mortuary — ► NOUN (pl. mortuaries) ▪ a room or building in which dead bodies are kept until burial or cremation. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ relating to burial or tombs. ORIGIN originally denoting a gift claimed by a parish priest from a deceased person s estate, later… …   English terms dictionary

  • mortuary — [môr′cho͞o er΄ē] n. pl. mortuaries [< LL mortuarius, of the dead < L mortuus, pp. of mori, to die: see MORTAL] a place where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation, as a morgue or funeral home adj. 1. of or having to do with the… …   English World dictionary

  • mortuary — {{11}}mortuary (adj.) 1510s, pertaining to death, from L.L. mortuarius of the dead, from L. mortuus dead (see MORTUARY (Cf. mortuary) (n.)). {{12}}mortuary (n.) early 14c., from Anglo Fr. mortuarie gift to a parish priest from a deceased… …   Etymology dictionary

  • mortuary — n. at, in a mortuary * * * [ mɔːtʃʊ(ə)rɪ] in a mortuary at …   Combinatory dictionary

  • mortuary — mor|tu|a|ry1 [ˈmo:tʃuəri US ˈmo:rtʃueri] n plural mortuaries [Date: 1300 1400; : Medieval Latin; Origin: mortuarium, from Latin mortuus dead ] 1.) BrE a building or room, for example in a hospital, where dead bodies are kept before they are… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • mortuary — [[t]mɔ͟ː(r)tʃuəri, AM eri[/t]] mortuaries 1) N COUNT A mortuary is a building or a room in a hospital where dead bodies are kept before they are buried or cremated, or before they are identified or examined. Syn: morgue 2) N COUNT A mortuary is… …   English dictionary

  • mortuary — UK [ˈmɔː(r)tjuərɪ] / US [ˈmɔrtʃuˌerɪ] noun [countable] Word forms mortuary : singular mortuary plural mortuaries 1) a) British a morgue b) British a place where a dead body is kept 2) American a place where a dead body is kept and prepared for a… …   English dictionary

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