Mortuary

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1. Adjective

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.

2. Adjective

A burial place; a place for the dead.

3. Adjective

A place for the reception of the dead before burial; a deadhouse; a morgue.

4. Adjective

Of or pertaining to the dead; as, mortuary monuments.

5. Noun

a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation
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