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Adjective: mortuary  'mor-choo`e-ree [N. Amer], mor-ch(oo-)u-ree [Brit]
  1. Of or relating to or characteristic of death
     
  2. Of or relating to a funeral
Noun: mortuary  'mor-choo`e-ree [N. Amer], mor-ch(oo-)u-ree [Brit]
  1. A building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation
    - morgue, dead room

Derived forms: mortuaries

See also: death, funeral

Type of: building, edifice

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