mortuary
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Definition of mortuary
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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(not-comparable)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.”
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adj
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(not-comparable)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.”
noun
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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”
- (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.
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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”).
Words you can make from mortuary
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14 words4-letter words
35 words- ARMY 9 pts
- MAYO 9 pts
- ARTY 7 pts
- OATY 7 pts
- RYOT 7 pts
- TORY 7 pts
- TRAY 7 pts
- TROY 7 pts
- TYRO 7 pts
- YOUR 7 pts
- YURT 7 pts
- ARUM 6 pts
- ATOM 6 pts
- MART 6 pts
- MAUT 6 pts
- MOAT 6 pts
- MORA 6 pts
- MORT 6 pts
- MURA 6 pts
- MURR 6 pts
- ROAM 6 pts
- TRAM 6 pts
- AUTO 4 pts
- ORRA 4 pts
- OUTA 4 pts
- RATO 4 pts
- ROAR 4 pts
- ROTA 4 pts
- ROUT 4 pts
- TARO 4 pts
- TORA 4 pts
- TORR 4 pts
- TOUR 4 pts
- TROU 4 pts
- TURR 4 pts
3-letter words
42 words- MAY 8 pts
- YAM 8 pts
- YOM 8 pts
- YUM 8 pts
- RAY 6 pts
- RYA 6 pts
- RYU 6 pts
- TOY 6 pts
- TRY 6 pts
- YAR 6 pts
- YOU 6 pts
- AMU 5 pts
- ARM 5 pts
- MAR 5 pts
- MAT 5 pts
- MOA 5 pts
- MOR 5 pts
- MOT 5 pts
- MUT 5 pts
- OMA 5 pts
- RAM 5 pts
- ROM 5 pts
- RUM 5 pts
- TAM 5 pts
- TOM 5 pts
- TUM 5 pts
- ARO 3 pts
- ART 3 pts
- OAR 3 pts
- OAT 3 pts
- ORA 3 pts
- ORT 3 pts
- OUR 3 pts
- OUT 3 pts
- RAT 3 pts
- ROT 3 pts
- RUT 3 pts
- TAO 3 pts
- TAR 3 pts
- TAU 3 pts
- TOR 3 pts
- UTA 3 pts
2-letter words
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