mortuaryn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈmɔːtjʊəri/,

/ˈmɔːtjᵿri/,

/ˈmɔːtʃʊəri/,

/ˈmɔːtʃ(ᵿ)ri/, U.S.

/ˈmɔrtʃəˌwɛri/

Forms: late Middle English mortuare, late Middle English mortuari, late Middle English mortuarye, late Middle English–1600s mortuarie, late Middle English– mortuary, 1500s mortarie (transmission error); also Scottish pre-1700 mortuarie.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: French mortuarie ; Latin mortuarium ; Latin mortuus , -ary suffix².

Etymology: As noun < Anglo-Norman mortuarie in sense A. 1a (1302–3; compare French mortuaire , c1213 in Old French in sense ‘mortality’, 1316 in sense ‘corpse’, 1395 in sense A. 1a, 1458 in sense A. 2) and its etymon post-classical Latin mortuarium in sense A. 1 (from the 13th cent.; frequently in British sources 1229–1569) and sense A. 2 (from the 13th cent.; 1567 in a British source; from 11th cent. in sense ‘mortmain’) < classical Latin mortuus dead (see mort n.¹) + -ārium -ary suffix¹. As adjective < classical Latin mortuus + -ary suffix²; compare post-classical Latin mortuarius paid as mortuary (1345 in a British source), and Middle French mortuaire (1416 in an isolated attestation; subsequently from 1548). Compare Italian mortuario, adjective (14th cent.), Portuguese mortuário, adjective.The classical Latin attestation of mortuārium in a figurative sense, ‘receptacle for dead things’, and the 3rd-cent. example of post-classical Latin mortuarius ‘relating to the dead, or to funeral rites’ (Tertullian), are both isolated occurrences and alternative readings have been suggested. The word was probably re-formed independently in post-classical Latin in the Middle Ages.

A. n.

a. A customary gift formerly claimed by the incumbent of a parish from the estate of a deceased parishioner; (also) this type of gift. Cf. soul-scot n., corse-present n. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > obsequies > [noun] > funeral expenses > gift due to clergy

corse-present1394

mortuarya1400

society > faith > worship > benefice > other financial matters > [noun] > church dues > on death of a person

soul-scotlOE

mortuarya1400

a1400 in 5th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS: Pt. 1 (1876) App. 305 in Parl. Papers (C. 1432) XL. 1 Haly kirk corses... All thais that for ilwill of the person..wighaldes tyndynges, rentes, offerandes, mortuaries, or oght that falles to be gyfen to god or to halykirk.

?c1430 (?1383) J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 285 (MED) Many coveitouse prestis axen gredely money..or ellis þei schullen not be cristened, ne oyntid, ne biried wiþouten mortuarie.

1469 in F. W. Weaver Somerset Medieval Wills (1901) 216 I will that the parson of Brympton have for me to his mortuarie a donne hors of myne.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cxix^v The parson and vicar wyll haue for a mortuary..the best thynge that is about the house.

1647 Husbandmans Plea against Tithes 40 They must have a mortuary, of every dead mans goods, and that was to be the second best of the dead mans moveable goods or cattell.

1727 A. Pope Happy Life of Country Parson 42 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. Tythe-Pig, and mortuary Guinea.

1775 J. Watson Hist. Halifax 399 These two chapelries have also contended for the mortuaries within their respective divisions.

1852 D. Rock Church our Fathers III. viii. 25 Soul shot, under another though not so fit a name–mortuary–continued to be paid.

1897 Athenæum 7 Aug. 184 Mortuaries have been claimed by rectors and vicars within the memory of the present generation.

1934 W. W. Gill Manx Dial. ii. 37 Corpse-presents or Mortuaries were Death-duties formerly paid to the Church.

2002 R. C. Palmer Selling Church ii. 43 The vicar of Aspatria, Cumberland, went to church court to retrieve a dead man's best animal, which he claimed as mortuary, but which Anthony Porter claimed as heriot because he was lord of the manor.

b. A fine payable to any of certain ecclesiastical dignitaries on the death of a priest within his jurisdiction. Now rare (historical in later use).

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > obsequies > [noun] > funeral expenses > specific payments

poll penny1489

dirge-groat1564

dirge-money1564

mortuary1590

society > faith > worship > benefice > other financial matters > [noun] > church dues > on death of a person > on death of priest

mortuary1590

1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes vii. f. 232 It shall be lawfull to the Bishops of Bangors, Landaffe, Saint Dauids and Saint Asse, and likewise to the Archdeacon of Chester, to take such Mortuaries of the Priests..as heretofore hath beene accustomed.

1713 Act 13 Anne c. 6 in I. Bowen Stat. Wales (1908) 198 The Bishops..for the time being have accordingly used to..demand and take mortuaries upon the death of any clergyman within their said dioceses and jurisdictions.

1784 T. Pennant Tour in Wales (rev. ed.) I. 87 Northop is a sinecure, annexed to the bishopric of St. Asaph,..to compensate for the mortuaries due to the bishop on the death of every beneficed clergyman in the diocese.

1852 W. F. Hook Church Dict. (ed. 6) 424/1 It was customary, in the diocese of Chester, for the bishop to have a mortuary, on the death of every priest dying within the archdeaconry of Chester.

1908 D. R. Thomas Hist. Diocese St. Asaph (rev. ed.) I. x. 141 In the Welsh Dioceses and one archdeaconry of Chester it was..customary for the bishops to receive mortuaries of priests.

†2. A funeral; obsequies. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > obsequies > [noun]

officec1300

exequy1382

obsequyc1385

exequy1389

mortuaryc1450

funeral1513

obit1525

funeral honoursa1535

last offices1535

justments1648

pompe funèbre1934

the world > life > death > obsequies > [noun] > a funeral

mortuaryc1450

obsequya1500

funeral1513

dole1548

burying1681

black job1785

c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 56 Þey schulde noȝt offeryn at weddynges, at puryficacyouns, at mortuaryes, but o messepeny.

1466 Inventory in Archaeologia (1887) 50 40 Item, ij hangynges for a boue and beneth of blak bokrame for mortuaris.

1594 1st Pt. Raigne Selimus sig. H3 When thus they see me with religious pompe, To celebrate his tomb-blacke mortarie.

1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales i. xiii. 25 A Generall honored with the Augurall dignitie..ought not to meddle in mortuaries.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxx. xliv. 772 Yee keepe a weeping and wailing, as in some publicke funerall and mortuarie carried forth.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage viii. xii. 804 At these mortuaries they did eate and drinke.

†3. A burial place, a sepulchre. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > [noun]

buriels854

througheOE

burianOE

graveOE

lairc1000

lair-stowc1000

lich-restc1000

pitOE

grass-bedOE

buriness1175

earth housec1200

sepulchrec1200

tombc1300

lakec1320

buriala1325

monumenta1325

burying-place1382

resting placea1387

sepulturea1387

beda1400

earth-beda1400

longhousea1400

laystow1452

lying1480

delfa1500

worms' kitchen?a1500

bier1513

laystall1527

funeral?a1534

lay-bed1541

restall1557

cellarc1560

burying-grave1599

pit-hole1602

urn1607

cell1609

hearse1610

polyandrum1627

requietory1631

burial-place1633

mortuary1654

narrow cell1686

ground-sweat1699

sacred place1728

narrow house1792

plot1852

narrow bed1854

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 36 Look on thy full Table as a Mortuary of the dispeopled Elements.

1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words (at cited word) A Mortuarie, a Funeral, a burying place.

†4. An obituary record. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ 180 Bale fixes his Death at the Year 1359, but..Waræus places it to the Mortuary of 1360.

1809 Portfolio Sept. 281 (heading) Mortuary. Died, on the 9th ult. on his passage from the Havanna, in the twenty-fourth year of his age, Mr. William Andrews.

5. A building or room for the temporary storage of dead bodies, either for purposes of identification or examination, or pending burial or cremation; = morgue n.² 1a. Also: a place specially prepared for the temporary reception of a corpse.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > preparation or treatment of corpse > [noun] > mortuary

lich-housec1200

coffin-house1611

dead-house1812

dead-room1835

funeral house1850

mortuary1864

hearse-house1870

slumber room1936

1864 Med. Times & Gaz. 3 Dec. 606/1 The Medical Officer of Health [is empowered] to order the removal of any dead body, from an inhabited house in the City, to this mortuary.

1879 Echo 29 Aug. 2/6 The body was removed to the City Mortuary to await the inquest and to be identified.

1894 Times 19 Dec. 9/6 A mortuary will be erected in the cabin, which will be draped.

1933 D. Thomas Let. early Nov. (1985) 43 I was a newspaper reporter, making my daily call at the mortuaries, the houses of suicides.

2001 Guardian 16 Jan. ii. 3/2 The bodybag is then slipped into the bodybox, and taken down to the mortuary, where it is put on a shelf in the refrigerator.

B. adj.

1. Of or relating to the burial or cremation of the dead.Quot. 1460 perhaps refers to a case containing vestments and altar cloths for use at funerals.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > [adjective]

mortuary1460

mortual1514

sepulchral?1615

bustal1727

sepultural1789

1460 in Wardens' Accts. Bk. (Mercers' Co.) f. 197 Item, for thamendynge of the mortuarie caas—iiij d.

c1500 in R. G. Cant College St. Salvator (1950) 156 For the scule, tua baltkenis mortuaris ane of blak sylk and ane off arres.

1514 Accts. St. John's Hosp., Canterbury (Canterbury Cathedral Archives: CCA-U13/4) Rec…for þe wast off iiij mortuary taperys.

1705 T. Greenhill Νεκροκηδεια 323 Near the Pyramids and mortuary Caves.

1791 W. Cowper Wks. (1837) XV. 227 I enclose a copy of my last mortuary verses.

1826 W. Scott Jrnl. 8 Apr. (1939) 151 He carried [me] with him as often as he could to these mortuary ceremonies.

1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 415 The ancient mortuary chambers were filled, after the lapse of centuries, by new occupants.

1904 Westm. Gaz. 13 Feb. 5/1 The mortuary chapel which now rises over his grave was only erected some thirty years ago.

1957 J. S. Huxley Relig. without Revelation ix. 206 The economic importance of the mortuary priesthood of ancient Egypt.

1989 Adventurers Sept. 69/3 Mortuary posts are free standing totem poles that contained the bodies of chiefs or their family members.

2. Of, concerned with, or depending upon death; relating to or reminiscent of death. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > [adjective] > relating to death

mortalc1425

deadly1470

capitalc1475

mortuary1542

parting?1570

deada1586

defunctive1601

lethal1607

deathly1763

deathya1822

1542 R. Taverner Epist. & Gospelles (new ed.) f. civ^v Pourge oure consciences from deade or mortuarie workes.

1651 J. Marius Advice Bills of Exchange 65 You must..demand the mony of his Executors..at his Mortuary House or last dwelling House.

1796 E. Burke Let. to Noble Lord in Wks. (1815) VIII. 6 His attack upon me and my mortuary pension. [Cf. supra, p. 5, where Burke speaks of himself as ‘hardly to be classed with the living’.]

1855 Jrnl. Archæol. Assoc. 11 234 These mortuary badges are generally in the form of a heart.

1855 Jrnl. Archæol. Assoc. 11 236 A mortuary ring..is described in the Gentleman's Magazine of July 1823.

1891 A. James Diary 8 Feb. (1964) 174 There is a certain mortuary flavour in late messages, so I judge that my death is booming in the U.S.

1920 F. S. Fitzgerald This Side of Paradise i. iii. 109 He was amusing himself in the great library by sinking back on a couch in graceful mortuary attitudes.

1967 F. Wilkinson Swords & Daggers i. 24 Many of these baskets were decorated with embossed heads..taken to represent the executed King Charles I, and for this reason they are often described as mortuary swords.

Compounds

C1. General attributive (in sense A. 5).

ΚΠ

1872 Daily Democrat (Sedalia, Missouri) 3 Oct. 1/3 The following is the city mortuary report for September.

1898 Westm. Gaz. 18 Mar. 5/1 Mortuary keeper.

1905 W. R. Hadwen Tebb & Vollum's Premature Burial (ed. 2) xxii. 351 Of the twenty-eight boroughs of which London is composed, only three are declared to be provided with ‘good’ mortuary accommodation.

1943 Jrnl. House 50th Gen. Assembly State of Iowa 29 Another function has been added to the duties of Emergency Medical Service, that of State Mortuary Services.

1966 D. Varaday Gara-Yaka's Domain viii. 94 The troop..sat around—with the..sad air of resignation that pervades mortuary parlours the world over.

1978 Kenya Gaz. 15 Dec. 1411/1 Vacancies in the Ministry of Health: Mortuary Superintendent (One Post).

2006 I. Wilson Murder at Golgotha xiii. 137 (heading) On the mortuary slab.

C2.

mortuary science n. the theory and practice of embalming and funeral directing, esp. as a subject of academic study.

ΚΠ

1881 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Daily Gaz. 13 Oct. 6/1 Withheld any narrative on the subject until a more suitable time for public reference to views of mortuary science.

1936 Casket & Sunnyside Nov. 68/1 Prof. Clement Williams, of the Williams Institute of Embalming..proposed that the schools take steps to put in immediate operation a two year course of instruction leading to a degree of Bachelor of Mortuary Science.

2001 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 28 Jan. (Metro section) c9 Mr. Halbert studied mortuary science at St. Louis Community College at Forest Park.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mortuary
释义	mortuaryn.adj. Brit. /ˈmɔːtjʊəri/, /ˈmɔːtjᵿri/, /ˈmɔːtʃʊəri/, /ˈmɔːtʃ(ᵿ)ri/, U.S. /ˈmɔrtʃəˌwɛri/ Forms: late Middle English mortuare, late Middle English mortuari, late Middle English mortuarye, late Middle English–1600s mortuarie, late Middle English– mortuary, 1500s mortarie (transmission error); also Scottish pre-1700 mortuarie. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: French mortuarie ; Latin mortuarium ; Latin mortuus , -ary suffix². Etymology: As noun < Anglo-Norman mortuarie in sense A. 1a (1302–3; compare French mortuaire , c1213 in Old French in sense ‘mortality’, 1316 in sense ‘corpse’, 1395 in sense A. 1a, 1458 in sense A. 2) and its etymon post-classical Latin mortuarium in sense A. 1 (from the 13th cent.; frequently in British sources 1229–1569) and sense A. 2 (from the 13th cent.; 1567 in a British source; from 11th cent. in sense ‘mortmain’) < classical Latin mortuus dead (see mort n.¹) + -ārium -ary suffix¹. As adjective < classical Latin mortuus + -ary suffix²; compare post-classical Latin mortuarius paid as mortuary (1345 in a British source), and Middle French mortuaire (1416 in an isolated attestation; subsequently from 1548). Compare Italian mortuario, adjective (14th cent.), Portuguese mortuário, adjective.The classical Latin attestation of mortuārium in a figurative sense, ‘receptacle for dead things’, and the 3rd-cent. example of post-classical Latin mortuarius ‘relating to the dead, or to funeral rites’ (Tertullian), are both isolated occurrences and alternative readings have been suggested. The word was probably re-formed independently in post-classical Latin in the Middle Ages. A. n. 1. a. A customary gift formerly claimed by the incumbent of a parish from the estate of a deceased parishioner; (also) this type of gift. Cf. soul-scot n., corse-present n. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > obsequies > [noun] > funeral expenses > gift due to clergy corse-present1394 mortuarya1400 society > faith > worship > benefice > other financial matters > [noun] > church dues > on death of a person soul-scotlOE mortuarya1400 a1400 in 5th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS: Pt. 1 (1876) App. 305 in Parl. Papers (C. 1432) XL. 1 Haly kirk corses... All thais that for ilwill of the person..wighaldes tyndynges, rentes, offerandes, mortuaries, or oght that falles to be gyfen to god or to halykirk. ?c1430 (?1383) J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 285 (MED) Many coveitouse prestis axen gredely money..or ellis þei schullen not be cristened, ne oyntid, ne biried wiþouten mortuarie. 1469 in F. W. Weaver Somerset Medieval Wills (1901) 216 I will that the parson of Brympton have for me to his mortuarie a donne hors of myne. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cxix^v The parson and vicar wyll haue for a mortuary..the best thynge that is about the house. 1647 Husbandmans Plea against Tithes 40 They must have a mortuary, of every dead mans goods, and that was to be the second best of the dead mans moveable goods or cattell. 1727 A. Pope Happy Life of Country Parson 42 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. Tythe-Pig, and mortuary Guinea. 1775 J. Watson Hist. Halifax 399 These two chapelries have also contended for the mortuaries within their respective divisions. 1852 D. Rock Church our Fathers III. viii. 25 Soul shot, under another though not so fit a name–mortuary–continued to be paid. 1897 Athenæum 7 Aug. 184 Mortuaries have been claimed by rectors and vicars within the memory of the present generation. 1934 W. W. Gill Manx Dial. ii. 37 Corpse-presents or Mortuaries were Death-duties formerly paid to the Church. 2002 R. C. Palmer Selling Church ii. 43 The vicar of Aspatria, Cumberland, went to church court to retrieve a dead man's best animal, which he claimed as mortuary, but which Anthony Porter claimed as heriot because he was lord of the manor. b. A fine payable to any of certain ecclesiastical dignitaries on the death of a priest within his jurisdiction. Now rare (historical in later use). ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > obsequies > [noun] > funeral expenses > specific payments poll penny1489 dirge-groat1564 dirge-money1564 mortuary1590 society > faith > worship > benefice > other financial matters > [noun] > church dues > on death of a person > on death of priest mortuary1590 1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes vii. f. 232 It shall be lawfull to the Bishops of Bangors, Landaffe, Saint Dauids and Saint Asse, and likewise to the Archdeacon of Chester, to take such Mortuaries of the Priests..as heretofore hath beene accustomed. 1713 Act 13 Anne c. 6 in I. Bowen Stat. Wales (1908) 198 The Bishops..for the time being have accordingly used to..demand and take mortuaries upon the death of any clergyman within their said dioceses and jurisdictions. 1784 T. Pennant Tour in Wales (rev. ed.) I. 87 Northop is a sinecure, annexed to the bishopric of St. Asaph,..to compensate for the mortuaries due to the bishop on the death of every beneficed clergyman in the diocese. 1852 W. F. Hook Church Dict. (ed. 6) 424/1 It was customary, in the diocese of Chester, for the bishop to have a mortuary, on the death of every priest dying within the archdeaconry of Chester. 1908 D. R. Thomas Hist. Diocese St. Asaph (rev. ed.) I. x. 141 In the Welsh Dioceses and one archdeaconry of Chester it was..customary for the bishops to receive mortuaries of priests. †2. A funeral; obsequies. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > obsequies > [noun] officec1300 exequy1382 obsequyc1385 exequy1389 mortuaryc1450 funeral1513 obit1525 funeral honoursa1535 last offices1535 justments1648 pompe funèbre1934 the world > life > death > obsequies > [noun] > a funeral mortuaryc1450 obsequya1500 funeral1513 dole1548 burying1681 black job1785 c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 56 Þey schulde noȝt offeryn at weddynges, at puryficacyouns, at mortuaryes, but o messepeny. 1466 Inventory in Archaeologia (1887) 50 40 Item, ij hangynges for a boue and beneth of blak bokrame for mortuaris. 1594 1st Pt. Raigne Selimus sig. H3 When thus they see me with religious pompe, To celebrate his tomb-blacke mortarie. 1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales i. xiii. 25 A Generall honored with the Augurall dignitie..ought not to meddle in mortuaries. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxx. xliv. 772 Yee keepe a weeping and wailing, as in some publicke funerall and mortuarie carried forth. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage viii. xii. 804 At these mortuaries they did eate and drinke. †3. A burial place, a sepulchre. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > [noun] buriels854 througheOE burianOE graveOE lairc1000 lair-stowc1000 lich-restc1000 pitOE grass-bedOE buriness1175 earth housec1200 sepulchrec1200 tombc1300 lakec1320 buriala1325 monumenta1325 burying-place1382 resting placea1387 sepulturea1387 beda1400 earth-beda1400 longhousea1400 laystow1452 lying1480 delfa1500 worms' kitchen?a1500 bier1513 laystall1527 funeral?a1534 lay-bed1541 restall1557 cellarc1560 burying-grave1599 pit-hole1602 urn1607 cell1609 hearse1610 polyandrum1627 requietory1631 burial-place1633 mortuary1654 narrow cell1686 ground-sweat1699 sacred place1728 narrow house1792 plot1852 narrow bed1854 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 36 Look on thy full Table as a Mortuary of the dispeopled Elements. 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words (at cited word) A Mortuarie, a Funeral, a burying place. †4. An obituary record. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ 180 Bale fixes his Death at the Year 1359, but..Waræus places it to the Mortuary of 1360. 1809 Portfolio Sept. 281 (heading) Mortuary. Died, on the 9th ult. on his passage from the Havanna, in the twenty-fourth year of his age, Mr. William Andrews. 5. A building or room for the temporary storage of dead bodies, either for purposes of identification or examination, or pending burial or cremation; = morgue n.² 1a. Also: a place specially prepared for the temporary reception of a corpse. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > preparation or treatment of corpse > [noun] > mortuary lich-housec1200 coffin-house1611 dead-house1812 dead-room1835 funeral house1850 mortuary1864 hearse-house1870 slumber room1936 1864 Med. Times & Gaz. 3 Dec. 606/1 The Medical Officer of Health [is empowered] to order the removal of any dead body, from an inhabited house in the City, to this mortuary. 1879 Echo 29 Aug. 2/6 The body was removed to the City Mortuary to await the inquest and to be identified. 1894 Times 19 Dec. 9/6 A mortuary will be erected in the cabin, which will be draped. 1933 D. Thomas Let. early Nov. (1985) 43 I was a newspaper reporter, making my daily call at the mortuaries, the houses of suicides. 2001 Guardian 16 Jan. ii. 3/2 The bodybag is then slipped into the bodybox, and taken down to the mortuary, where it is put on a shelf in the refrigerator. B. adj. 1. Of or relating to the burial or cremation of the dead.Quot. 1460 perhaps refers to a case containing vestments and altar cloths for use at funerals. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > [adjective] mortuary1460 mortual1514 sepulchral?1615 bustal1727 sepultural1789 1460 in Wardens' Accts. Bk. (Mercers' Co.) f. 197 Item, for thamendynge of the mortuarie caas—iiij d. c1500 in R. G. Cant College St. Salvator (1950) 156 For the scule, tua baltkenis mortuaris ane of blak sylk and ane off arres. 1514 Accts. St. John's Hosp., Canterbury (Canterbury Cathedral Archives: CCA-U13/4) Rec…for þe wast off iiij mortuary taperys. 1705 T. Greenhill Νεκροκηδεια 323 Near the Pyramids and mortuary Caves. 1791 W. Cowper Wks. (1837) XV. 227 I enclose a copy of my last mortuary verses. 1826 W. Scott Jrnl. 8 Apr. (1939) 151 He carried [me] with him as often as he could to these mortuary ceremonies. 1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 415 The ancient mortuary chambers were filled, after the lapse of centuries, by new occupants. 1904 Westm. Gaz. 13 Feb. 5/1 The mortuary chapel which now rises over his grave was only erected some thirty years ago. 1957 J. S. Huxley Relig. without Revelation ix. 206 The economic importance of the mortuary priesthood of ancient Egypt. 1989 Adventurers Sept. 69/3 Mortuary posts are free standing totem poles that contained the bodies of chiefs or their family members. 2. Of, concerned with, or depending upon death; relating to or reminiscent of death. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [adjective] > relating to death mortalc1425 deadly1470 capitalc1475 mortuary1542 parting?1570 deada1586 defunctive1601 lethal1607 deathly1763 deathya1822 1542 R. Taverner Epist. & Gospelles (new ed.) f. civ^v Pourge oure consciences from deade or mortuarie workes. 1651 J. Marius Advice Bills of Exchange 65 You must..demand the mony of his Executors..at his Mortuary House or last dwelling House. 1796 E. Burke Let. to Noble Lord in Wks. (1815) VIII. 6 His attack upon me and my mortuary pension. [Cf. supra, p. 5, where Burke speaks of himself as ‘hardly to be classed with the living’.] 1855 Jrnl. Archæol. Assoc. 11 234 These mortuary badges are generally in the form of a heart. 1855 Jrnl. Archæol. Assoc. 11 236 A mortuary ring..is described in the Gentleman's Magazine of July 1823. 1891 A. James Diary 8 Feb. (1964) 174 There is a certain mortuary flavour in late messages, so I judge that my death is booming in the U.S. 1920 F. S. Fitzgerald This Side of Paradise i. iii. 109 He was amusing himself in the great library by sinking back on a couch in graceful mortuary attitudes. 1967 F. Wilkinson Swords & Daggers i. 24 Many of these baskets were decorated with embossed heads..taken to represent the executed King Charles I, and for this reason they are often described as mortuary swords. Compounds C1. General attributive (in sense A. 5). ΚΠ 1872 Daily Democrat (Sedalia, Missouri) 3 Oct. 1/3 The following is the city mortuary report for September. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 18 Mar. 5/1 Mortuary keeper. 1905 W. R. Hadwen Tebb & Vollum's Premature Burial (ed. 2) xxii. 351 Of the twenty-eight boroughs of which London is composed, only three are declared to be provided with ‘good’ mortuary accommodation. 1943 Jrnl. House 50th Gen. Assembly State of Iowa 29 Another function has been added to the duties of Emergency Medical Service, that of State Mortuary Services. 1966 D. Varaday Gara-Yaka's Domain viii. 94 The troop..sat around—with the..sad air of resignation that pervades mortuary parlours the world over. 1978 Kenya Gaz. 15 Dec. 1411/1 Vacancies in the Ministry of Health: Mortuary Superintendent (One Post). 2006 I. Wilson Murder at Golgotha xiii. 137 (heading) On the mortuary slab. C2. mortuary science n. the theory and practice of embalming and funeral directing, esp. as a subject of academic study. ΚΠ 1881 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Daily Gaz. 13 Oct. 6/1 Withheld any narrative on the subject until a more suitable time for public reference to views of mortuary science. 1936 Casket & Sunnyside Nov. 68/1 Prof. Clement Williams, of the Williams Institute of Embalming..proposed that the schools take steps to put in immediate operation a two year course of instruction leading to a degree of Bachelor of Mortuary Science. 2001 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 28 Jan. (Metro section) c9 Mr. Halbert studied mortuary science at St. Louis Community College at Forest Park. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.a1400
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