mortuary

Meanings

Plural: mortuaries

Noun

a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation
A place where dead bodies are stored prior to burial or cremation; broadly, synonym of funeral home.
A sort of ecclesiastical heriot, a customary gift claimed by, and due to, the minister of a parish on the death of a parishioner.

Adjective

of or relating to or characteristic of death
of or relating to a funeral

Adj

Of or relating to death or a funeral; funereal.

Origin / 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”).

Synonyms

dead room, morgue, soulscot

Scrabble Score: 13

mortuary is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
mortuary is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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Words With Friends Score: 14

mortuary is a valid Words With Friends word