1. mortuary - Noun
2. mortuary - 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.
A burial place; a place for the dead.
A place for the reception of the dead before burial; a deadhouse; a morgue.
Of or pertaining to the dead; as, mortuary monuments.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA few members of the battalion had worked in a mortuary before joining the military, and they prepared the bodies. Source: Internet
A creepy story just in time for Halloween: CBS LA that a San Diego mortuary service owner is accused of stealing … from dead people. Source: Internet
According to him, the victim bled profusely from the nostrils and was later rushed to the Benue State Teaching Hospital, BSUTH where she was confirmed dead and her body has been deposited at the hospital mortuary. Source: Internet
A critique to this theory is that while mortuary cannibalism was banned in Papua New Guinea in the 1950s, that does not necessarily mean that the practice ended. 15 years later Jared Diamond was informed by Papuans that the practice continued. Source: Internet
A few weeks ago, family members honored the matriarch of three generations of performers in a somber service, paying their respects and bidding goodbye as her casket was carried through a Westminster mortuary. Source: Internet
All my mortuary colleagues feel the same – we are forgotten about. Source: Internet