I. mor‧tu‧a‧ry1 /ˈmɔːtʃuəri $ ˈmɔːrtʃueri/
noun (
plural mortuaries)
[countable][
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Medieval Latin;
Origin: mortuarium, from Latin mortuus 'dead']
1. British English a building or room, for example in a hospital, where dead bodies are kept before they are buried or
cremated Synonym : morgue2. American English the place where a body is kept before a funeral and where the funeral is sometimes held
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