Definitions for mortuaries

mortuaries mor·tu·ar·y

Spelling: [mawr-choo-er-ee]
IPA: /ˈmɔr tʃuˌɛr i/

Mortuaries is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 942 anagrams from letters in mortuaries (aeimorrstu).

Definitions for mortuaries

noun

  1. funeral home.
  2. a customary gift formerly claimed by and due to the incumbent of a parish in England from the estate of a deceased parishioner.

adjective

  1. of or relating to the burial of the dead.
  2. pertaining to or connected with death.

Origin of mortuaries

1350-1400; Middle English mortuarie Medieval Latin mortuārium, noun use of neuter of Latin mortuārius of the dead, equivalent to mortu(us) dead + -ārius -ary

Examples for mortuaries

After fifteen minutes of CPR he is pronounced dead and taken to a mortuary, where attendants see him breathing.

One “gallant old doctor” says he finds it unsuitable she is in a mortuary.

A reference to the mortuary tables removes all doubt on this point.

I've got to go to the trunk-room for her at this hour, and it next door to the mortuary!

This was received with acclaim, but many objected to the mortuary theory.

A mortuary, a dissecting-chamber, or a pantomime property-room?

Having spent 11 hours in cold storage, she began moving around within her body bag, where mortuary staff found her alive and well.

In one mortuary, she observes the very hairy body of a dead fascist, “the nearest human thing I have ever seen to a gorilla.”

Vassily knew about the bags, and that was why the mortuary served his purposes.

Maddox served in Iraq as a mortuary affairs specialist during the 2004 siege of Fallujah.

Word Value for mortuaries
Scrable

13

Words with friends

14

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