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adj
Of or relating to death or a funeral; funereal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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noun
A place where dead bodies are stored prior to burial or cremation; broadly, synonym of funeral home.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A sort of ecclesiastical heriot, a customary gift claimed by, and due to, the minister of a parish on the death of a parishioner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Synonyms: soulscot
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adjective
of or relating to a funeral
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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adjective
of or relating to or characteristic of death
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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noun
a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: morgue, dead room
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Broader terms: building, edifice
Narrower terms: crematory, crematorium, funeral home, funeral parlor, funeral parlour, funeral chapel, funeral church, funeral-residence
History
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”).
