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   mortuary

   /ˈmɔːtjʊəri/

   noun

   • 1. a room or building in which dead bodies are kept, for hygienic storage or for examination, until burial or cremation.

   adjective

   • 1. relating to burial or tombs: "mortuary rituals"

   Word Origin late Middle English (denoting a gift claimed by a parish priest from a deceased person's estate): from Latin mortuarius, from mortuus ‘dead’. The current noun sense dates from the mid 19th century.

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