Synonyms for mortuary

Grammar : Noun

Spell : mawr-choo-er-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɔr tʃuˌɛr i

Définition of mortuary

Origin : early 14c., from Anglo-French mortuarie "gift to a parish priest from a deceased parishioner," from Medieval Latin mortuarium, noun use of neuter of Late Latin adjective mortuarius "pertaining to the dead," from Latin mortuus, past participle of mori "to die" (see mortal (adj.)). Meaning "place where bodies are kept temporarily" first recorded 1865, a euphemism for earlier deadhouse.

noun funeral home

Example sentences :

I've got to go to the trunk-room for her at this hour, and it next door to the mortuary!
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

A mortuary, a dissecting-chamber, or a pantomime property-room?
Extract from : « The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Harry Furniss

A reference to the mortuary tables removes all doubt on this point.
Extract from : « Old Mackinaw » by W. P. Strickland.

This was received with acclaim, but many objected to the mortuary theory.
Extract from : « The Re-echo Club » by Carolyn Wells

Vassily knew about the bags, and that was why the mortuary served his purposes.
Extract from : « The Forged Coupon and Other Stories » by Leo Tolstoy

His father had been killed, and his body, charred and disfigured, lay in the mortuary.
Extract from : « The Explorer » by W. Somerset Maugham

And he had a mortuary look, too, which was in keeping with the place.
Extract from : « Following the Equator, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

They bore them to the mortuary, and those who loved them sat and wept alone.
Extract from : « A College Girl » by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey

I went to the mortuary, and found him there with Dr. Barber.
Extract from : « In the Mayor's Parlour » by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher

After lying in the mortuary for eleven days the body was buried.
Extract from : « A Book of Remarkable Criminals » by H. B. Irving

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