mortuary
51mortuary — mor•tu•ar•y [[t]ˈmɔr tʃuˌɛr i[/t]] n. pl. ar•ies, adj. 1) funeral home 2) of or pertaining to burial of the dead 3) pertaining to or connected with death • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME < ML mortuārium, n. use of neut. of L mortuārius of the dead… …
52mortuary — /ˈmɔtʃəri / (say mawchuhree) noun (plural mortuaries) 1. a place for the temporary reception of the dead. 2. a customary gift formerly claimed by and due to the incumbent of an English parish from the estate of a deceased parishioner. –adjective… …
53mortuary — A burial place. Term applied to undertaking and embalming establishments. A kind of ecclesiastical heriot, being a customary gift of the second best living animal belonging to the deceased, claimed by and due to the minister in many parishes, on… …
54mortuary — A burial place. Term applied to undertaking and embalming establishments. A kind of ecclesiastical heriot, being a customary gift of the second best living animal belonging to the deceased, claimed by and due to the minister in many parishes, on… …
55mortuary — A place to which dead bodies may be taken for keeping before burial or cremation. A kind of ecclesiastical heriot in the form of a customary gift claimed by and due to the minister in many parishes on the death of a parishioner. See 2 Bl Comm 425 …
56mortuary — see MORTAL …
57mortuary — n. & adj. n. (pl. ies) a room or building in which dead bodies may be kept until burial or cremation. adj. of or concerning death or burial. Etymology: ME f. AF mortuarie f. med.L mortuarium f. L mortuarius f. mortuus dead …
58Mortuary roll — List of names of the dead for whom prayers were to be said in a monastery at set anniversaries. Such prayers had been paid for in the dead person s will or by the family. The medieval belief was that only saints went directly to heaven. Everyone… …
59mortuary urn — n. urn for keeping the ashes of a deceased person …
60mortuary tables — See actuarial table mortality tables …
