mortuaries

Variant of mortuary

mortuary definition

mor·tu·ary (môr′c̸ho̵̅o̅ er′ē)

noun pl. mortuaries -·ar′·ies

a place where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation, as a morgue or funeral home

Etymology: < LL mortuarius, of the dead < L mortuus, pp. of mori, to die: see mortal

adjective

  1. of or having to do with the burial of the dead
  2. of or connected with death

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