Meaning of MORTUARY
| Pronunciation: | | 'morchoo`eree
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- [n] a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation
- [adj] of or relating to a funeral
- [adj] of or relating to or characteristic of death
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| | Synonyms: | | dead room, morgue |
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| | See Also: | | building, crematorium, crematory, edifice, funeral chapel, funeral church, funeral home, funeral parlor, funeral parlour, funeral-residence | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Mor"tu*a*ry\, n.; pl. {Mortuaries}. [LL. mortuarium.
See {Mortuary}, a.]
1. A sort of ecclesiastical heriot, a customary gift claimed
by, and due to, the minister of a parish on the death of a
parishioner. It seems to have been originally a voluntary
bequest or donation, intended to make amends for any
failure in the payment of tithes of which the deceased had
been guilty.
2. A burial place; a place for the dead.
3. A place for the reception of the dead before burial; a
deadhouse; a morgue.
\Mor"tu*a*ry\, a. [L. mortuarius, fr. mortuus dead: cf.
F. mortuaire. See {Mortal}.]
Of or pertaining to the dead; as, mortuary monuments.
{Mortuary urn}, an urn for holding the ashes of the dead.
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| | Definition: | | Seeing or dreaming that you are in a mortuary, suggests that you are hindering your own self-growth by not utilizing your abilities and talents. Alternatively, it represents aspects of yourself that you need to discard and rid yourself of. |
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| | Related Terms: | | blue, burning ghat, cadaverous, charnel house, cinerary, corpselike, crematorium, crematory, deadhouse, deadly, deathlike, deathly, deathly pale, dirgelike, dismal, eerie, epitaphic, exequial, feral, funebrial, funebrious, funebrous, funeral, funerary, funereal, ghastly, ghostlike, ghostly, grisly, gruesome, haggard, livid, lurid, macabre, mausoleum, morgue, mournful, necrological, obituary, obsequial, pale, sepulchral, uncanny, unearthly, wan, weird |
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