mortuary

1. 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. Source: opted

2. a. A burial place; a place for the dead. Source: opted

3. a. A place for the reception of the dead before burial; a deadhouse; a morgue. Source: opted

4. a. Of or pertaining to the dead; as, mortuary monuments. Source: opted

5. adj. of or relating to or characteristic of death Source: wordnet

6. adj. of or relating to a funeral Source: wordnet

7. n. a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation Source: wordnet

8. 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 voluntary bequest or donation, intended to make amends for any failure in the payment of tithes of which the deceased had been guilty. 2. A burial place; a place for the dead. 3. A place for the reception of the dead before burial; a deadhouse; a morgue. Of or pertaining to the dead; as, mortuary monuments. Mortuary urn, an urn for holding the ashes of the dead. Source: webster

9. Of or pertaining to the dead; as, mortuary monuments. Mortuaryurn, an urn for holding the ashes of the dead. Source: adambom

10. n:100 a. of or relating to or characteristic of death a. of or relating to a funeral Source: ecdict

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