Definitions for mortuary

mortuary mor·tu·ar·y

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

Mortuary is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 199 anagrams from letters in mortuary (amorrtuy).

Definitions for mortuary

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 mortuary

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 mortuary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for mortuary
Scrable

13

Words with friends

14

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