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Definition of "mortuary" []

  • A place, especially a funeral home, where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation. (noun)
  • Of or relating to burial practices. (adjective)
  • Relating to or characteristic of death. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "mortuary" in a sentence
  • "The night she died, I called the mortuary and two greasy young men in black suits came with a gurney."
  • "Reports from Iraq this June showed that Baghdad’s main mortuary had already received the bodies of more than 6,000 people since that start of 2006, most killed violently and probably due to sectarian killings, which many would see as terrorism."
  • "The southern Maryland newspaper that first reported Billy's death cryptically noted that one must call the mortuary for funeral arrangements."