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ˈmɔːtjʊəri,
-tʃʊ-/
n.
(pl. mortuaries)
a room or building in which dead bodies are kept until burial or cremation.
adj.
relating to burial or tombs.
Etymology
ME (denoting a gift claimed by a parish priest from a deceased person's estate): from L. mortuarius, from mortuus ‘dead’.
