mortuary
a customary gift formerly claimed by and due to the incumbent of a parish in England from the estate of a deceased parishioner.
of or relating to the burial of the dead.
pertaining to or connected with death.
Origin of mortuary
1Other words from mortuary
- pre·mor·tu·ar·y, adjective
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How to use mortuary in a sentence
There’s like a “show me the long form birth certificate” version of my mortuary school degree.
Well over 50 percent of mortuary school graduates are women now.
Many mortuaries have had to turn away grieving families because they're at capacity, the owner of Los Angeles Funeral Service told ABC News.
1/3 of people in L.A. County believed to have been infected with coronavirus | Axios | January 14, 2021 | AxiosTurns out my former mortuary polling place has lots of company.
Five Ways the November Election Could Be Odder Than Ever | Randy Dotinga | July 13, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoHaving spent 11 hours in cold storage, she began moving around within her body bag, where mortuary staff found her alive and well.
What It’s Like to Wake Up Dead | Dr. Anand Veeravagu, MD, Tej Azad | November 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
After fifteen minutes of CPR he is pronounced dead and taken to a mortuary, where attendants see him breathing.
Real Life Lazarus: When Patients Rise From the Dead | Sandeep Jauhar | August 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMaddox served in Iraq as a mortuary affairs specialist during the 2004 siege of Fallujah.
‘Degree Mills’ Are Exploiting Veterans and Making Millions Off the GI Bill | Aaron Glantz | June 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA Stars Stripes article included a photo of the soldiers arriving at the port mortuary at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware.
One “gallant old doctor” says he finds it unsuitable she is in a mortuary.
Death Became Her: Molly Lefebure’s Wartime Years of Murder and Suicide | Tim Teeman | April 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt lay in a rough wooden shell coffin, in a dark hole attached to an old city church, and used as a mortuary.
The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant | Alexander Johnstone WilsonAt the entrance to the graveyard is the lich-gate and mortuary, where many wrecked seamen were taken for burial.
The Cornwall Coast | Arthur L. SalmonIt was the mortuary ground of these Indians that occupied the only level spot we could get for the block-house.
The Memoirs of General P. H. Sheridan, Complete | General Philip Henry SheridanIn the mortuary of a large hospital the scene presented was too horrible for detailed description.
Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army | Charles Alexander GordonIn the mortuary chapel is a rudely carved and painted wooden statue of Haimon holding the dragon's tongue in his hand.
Tyrol and its People | Clive Holland
British Dictionary definitions for mortuary
/ (ˈmɔːtʃʊərɪ) /
Also called: morgue a building where dead bodies are kept before cremation or burial
of or relating to death or burial
Origin of mortuary
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