mortuary
adjectivenounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈmɔːt͡ʃʊəɹi//
- United Kingdom//ˈmɔːt͡ʃwəɹi//
- United States//ˈmɔɹt͡ʃəˌwɛɹi//
Of or relating to death or a funeral; funereal.
adjective
- 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.
Etymology
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”).
noun
- 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 buried
- 2
historicalA sort of ecclesiastical heriot, a customary gift claimed by, and due to, the minister of a parish on the death of a parishioner.
Forms
- plural
- mortuaries
mortuary · Of or relating to death or a funeral; funereal.
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