mortuary
mortuary Lexical Profile
mortuary Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A room or building in which dead bodies are kept temporarily before burial or cremation.
"The hospital expanded its mortuary to accommodate the increasing needs of the community."
• adjective
Of or relating to death, funerals, or the burial of the dead.
"The museum exhibited an extensive collection of ancient Egyptian mortuary artifacts."
Word Nuance & Usage
While often used interchangeably with 'morgue', 'mortuary' typically implies a funeral home where bodies are prepared for burial, whereas a 'morgue' is primarily a facility for storing bodies pending identification or autopsy.
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Late Latin 'mortuarium' (receptacle for the dead), derived from 'mortuarius' (pertaining to the dead), which comes from the Latin root 'mortuus' (dead).
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