mortuary

Meanings

Adjective

• Of, or relating to death or a funeral; funereal.

Noun

• A place where dead bodies are stored prior to burial or cremation.
• A sort of ecclesiastical heriot, a customary gift claimed by, and due to, the minister of a parish on the death of a parishioner.

Related

Similar words

• morgue
• soulscot

Origin

• From Anglo-Norman mortuarie, from Medieval Latin mortuārium, neuter form of mortuārius, from Latin mortuus, perfect passive participle of morior.