mortuary

Meaning

Adj

Of or relating to death or a funeral; funereal.

Noun

1. A place where dead bodies are stored prior to burial or cremation; broadly, synonym of funeral home.
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

morgue

dead room

funeral

charnel house

funeral home

charnel

sepulchral

deadhouse

funeral parlour

dead-house

lich-house

dirgeful

crematorium

funeral parlor

funerary

funereal

mausoleum

Translations

mortuário

morgue

mortuorio

mortuaire

necrotério

Leichenhalle

obitorio

νεκροθάλαμος

Leichen…

camera artdente

Begräbnis…

νεκροτομείο

Leichen-

camera mortuaria

επικήδειος

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmɔɹt͡ʃəˌwɛɹi/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: mortuary

In summary

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”).