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mortuary

mortuary · mortuaries

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Leichenhalle, Leichenhaus, Leichenschauhaus

A place where dead bodies are stored prior to burial or cremationA place where dead bodies are stored prior to burial or cremation; broadly, synonym of funeral home.

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UK/ˈmɔːt͡ʃʊəɹi/US/ˈmɔɹt͡ʃəˌwɛɹi/

» Tom broke into a mortuary.

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A place where dead bodies are stored prior to burial or cremation; broadly, synonym of funeral home.
a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation
(історичне)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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Tom broke into a mortuary.
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Tom's corpse is in the mortuary now.
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"You can take him to the mortuary now," he said. "There is nothing more to be learned."
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Походження

From Middle English mortuary, from Anglo-Norman mortuarie (“gift to a parish priest from a

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”).

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