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mortuary

UK/ˈmɔːt͡ʃʊəɹi//ˈmɔɹt͡ʃəˌwɛɹi/

mortuary adjective: of or relating to death or a funeral; funereal.

Adjective

mortuary (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to death or a funeral; funereal.
    • The leftwise action aims at what drifts out of the nunka domain of the nefarious. Similarly for mortuary arrangements, what is leftwise is more momentous than what is rightwise.2006, Arne Røkkum, Nature, ritual, and society in Japan's Ryukyu Islands, page 151

Noun

mortuary (plural mortuaries)

  1. A place where dead bodies are stored prior to burial or cremation; broadly, synonym of funeral home.
    • It was anciently usual to bring the mortuary to church along with the corpse when it came to be buried1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC
  2. (historical) A sort of ecclesiastical heriot, a customary gift claimed by, and due to, the minister of a parish on the death of a parishioner.
    Synonyms:
    soulscot

mortuary meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

mortuary in Hindi

mortuary, morgue
शवगृह śavgŕh

mortuary in Tamil

சவக்கிடங்கு, பிணவறை, பிணமனை, பிணவகம், பிரேத அறை

mortuary in Urdu

لاش گھر

mortuary in Bengali

মড়াঘর, যেখানে লাশ রাখা হয়, মৃতদেহ সৎকার সংক্রান্ত
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mortuary in Malayalam
മൃതശരീരം സൂക്ഷിക്കുന്ന മുറി, ശവമുറി, ശ്മശാനം, പ്രേതഗൃഹം
mortuary in Kannada
ಹೆಣದ ಮನೆ, ಶವಾಗಾರ, ಹೆಣದರೆ, ಹೆಣಕೋಣೆ
mortuary in Punjabi
ਮੁਰਦਾਘਰ
mortuary in Odia
ଶବାଗାର
mortuary in Nepali
मुर्दाघर, शवगृह

Synonyms of mortuary

Forms of mortuary

pluralmortuaries

Origin of mortuary

From Middle English mortuary, from Anglo-Norman mortuarie (“gift to a parish priest from a deceased parishioner”), from Medieval Latin mortuārium (“receptacle for the dead; mortuary”), neuter form of mortuārius (“of or pertaining to the dead”), from Latin mortuus, perfect passive participle of morior (“to die”).

Words formed from mortuary

Phrases with mortuary

Questions about mortuary

What does mortuary mean?
Mortuary means of or relating to death or a funeral; funereal.
What is mortuary in Hindi?
Mortuary in Hindi is शवगृह (śavgŕh). See Mortuary meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is mortuary?
Mortuary can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce mortuary?
Mortuary is pronounced /ˈmɔɹt͡ʃəˌwɛɹi/ (US).

Words near mortuary in the dictionary

  1. mortstone
  2. mortstones
  3. mortuarian
  4. mortuarians
  5. mortuaries
  6. mortuary
  7. Mortuary Beach
  8. mortuary chapel
  9. mortuary chapels
  10. mortuary pole
  11. mortuary poles

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mortuary (page history and authors); शवगृह (Hindi) (page history and authors); mortuary (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mortuary (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mortuary (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mortuary (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mortuary (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mortuary (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mortuary (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mortuary (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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