Mortuary

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  funeral home \fu"ner*al home`\, n.
     An establishment, usually commercial, where the bodies of
     dead persons are prepared for viewing before burial or
     cremation; called also {funeral parlor}, {mortuary}, {funeral
     chapel} and informally, {undertaker's}. The body may or may
     not be preserved by embalming before viewing or burial, and


     in some cases the body is not exposed for viewing, though
     present in a casket. Often, some form of memorial service is
     held for the deceased at the funeral home, where friends and
     relatives may come to pay their respects to the dead, and
     express condolence to the family. The work of preparation of
     the body and many other arrangements related to the funeral
     and burial are carried out by an undertaker or mortician who
     manages the funeral home.
     [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mortuary \Mor"tu*a*ry\, n.; pl. {Mortuaries}. [LL. mortuarium.
     See {Mortuary}, a.]
     1. A sort of ecclesiastical heriot, a customary gift claimed
        by, and due to, the minister of a parish on the death of a
        parishioner. It seems to have been originally a voluntary
        bequest or donation, intended to make amends for any
        failure in the payment of tithes of which the deceased had
        been guilty.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A burial place; a place for the dead.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. A place for the reception of the dead before burial; a
        deadhouse; a morgue.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. A {funeral home}.
        [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mortuary \Mor"tu*a*ry\, a. [L. mortuarius, fr. mortuus dead: cf.
     F. mortuaire. See {Mortal}.]
     Of or pertaining to the dead; as, mortuary monuments.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Mortuary urn}, an urn for holding the ashes of a dead person
        after cremation.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mortuary
       adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of death
       2: of or relating to a funeral
       n : a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before
           burial or cremation [syn: {morgue}, {dead room}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  46 Moby Thesaurus words for "mortuary":
     blue, burning ghat, cadaverous, charnel house, cinerary,
     corpselike, crematorium, crematory, deadhouse, deadly, deathlike,
     deathly, deathly pale, dirgelike, dismal, eerie, epitaphic,
     exequial, feral, funebrial, funebrious, funebrous, funeral,
     funerary, funereal, ghastly, ghostlike, ghostly, grisly, gruesome,
     haggard, livid, lurid, macabre, mausoleum, morgue, mournful,
     necrological, obituary, obsequial, pale, sepulchral, uncanny,
     unearthly, wan, weird