morthouse
morthouse · morthouses
A specialised secure building usually located in a churchyard where bodies were…A specialised secure building usually located in a churchyard where bodies were temporarily interred before a formal funeral took place.
Meaning
1 sensesA specialised secure building usually located in a churchyard where bodies were temporarily interred before a formal funeral took place.
Origin
From mort (“death”) + house. Compare mort bell, mort cloth, mort stone.From mort (“death”) + house. Compare mort bell, mort cloth, mort stone.
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