mortuary

mor·tu·ar·y

M0431700 (môr′cho͞o-ĕr′ē)n. pl. mor·tu·ar·ies A place, especially a funeral home, where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation.adj.1. Of or relating to burial practices.2. Relating to or characteristic of death.

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[Middle English mortuarie, gift to a parish priest from the estate of the deceased, funeral service, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin mortuārium, receptacle for dead things, neuter of mortuārius, of the dead, from mortuus, dead, past participle of morī, to die; see mer- in Indo-European roots.]

mortuary

(ˈmɔːtʃʊərɪ) n, pl -aries (Medicine) Also called: morgue a building where dead bodies are kept before cremation or burialadjof or relating to death or burial[C14 (as n, a funeral gift to a parish priest): via Medieval Latin mortuārium (n) from Latin mortuārius of the dead]

mor•tu•ar•y

(ˈmɔr tʃuˌɛr i)

n., pl. -ar•ies,
adj. n. 1. funeral home. adj. 2. of or pertaining to burial of the dead. 3. pertaining to or connected with death. [1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin mortuārium, n. use of neuter of Latin mortuārius of the dead =mortu(us) dead + -ārius -ary]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mortuary - a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremationdead room, morguebuilding, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"crematorium, crematory - a mortuary where corpses are crematedfuneral chapel, funeral church, funeral home, funeral parlor, funeral parlour, funeral-residence - a mortuary where those who knew the deceased can come to pay their last respects
Adj.	1.	mortuary - of or relating to or characteristic of death
	2.	mortuary - of or relating to a funeral

mortuary

noun morgue, funeral home (U.S.), funeral parlour The bodies were taken to a mortuary.

Translations

停尸房

mortuary

(moːtʃuəri) – plural ˈmortuaries – noun a building or room eg in a hospital, where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation. 停屍間 停尸房