Mortuary : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Mortuary	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Mortuary
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mortuary adj of or relating to or characteristic of death of or relating to a funeral n a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation Synonym(s): morgue, mortuary, dead room
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mortuary \Mor"tuary\, 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 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mortuary \Mor"tuary\, a. [L. mortuarius, fr. mortuus dead: cf. F. mortuaire. See {Mortal}.] Of or pertaining to the dead; as, mortuary monuments. {Mortuary urn}, an urn for holding the ashes of the dead.