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noun (mortuaries)
- a place where dead bodies are stored prior to burial or cremation
- a morgue
adjective
- of, or relating to death or a funeral; funereal
Etymology: From w:Anglo-Norman language, Anglo-French mortuarie (gift to a parish priest from a deceased parishioner), from w:Medieval Latin, Medieval Latin mortuarium, neuter form of mortuarius (pertaining to the dead) from mortuus, past participle of mori (to die).
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