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Mortuaries - English meaning

Mortuaries – definitions in English dictionary

noun

A room or building in which dead bodies are kept, for hygienic storage or for examination, until burial or cremation.

Usage examples:

He also introduced a rickshaw service, which takes unclaimed bodies from the government mortuary fo…

Synonims:

MorgueFuneral parlourFuneral chapelFuneral homeChapel of restCharnel houseDead houseLych-house
adjective

Relating to burial or tombs.

Usage examples:

Mortuary rituals
noun

A funeral home

Mortuaries translation into English

Mortuaries: translate from English into Chinese

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太平间, 停尸间

Mortuaries: translate from English into Dutch

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Mortuaria, Lijkenhuis, Lijkenhuisje

Mortuaries: translate from English into French

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Morgues, Morgue, Dépôt mortuaire

Mortuaries: translate from English into German

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Leichenhallen, Leichenhalle

Mortuaries: translate from English into Hindi

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मुर्दाघर, शवगृह, शवागार, लाश-घर

Mortuaries: translate from English into Italian

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Obitori, Camera mortuaria, Obitorio

Mortuaries: translate from English into Korean

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영안실, 시체 임시 안치소, 장례 회관, 병원 따위의 시체 임시 안치소

Mortuaries: translate from English into Russian

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Морги, Морг, Покойницкая

Mortuaries: translate from English into Spanish

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Morgues, Morgue, Funeraria, Depósito de cadáveres

Word origin

late Middle English (denoting a gift claimed by a parish priest from a deceased person's estate): from Latin mortuarius, from mortuus ‘dead’. The current noun sense dates from the mid 19th ce

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Mortuaries synonims

morgue

noun

A mortuary.

Usage examples:

The cadavers were bagged and removed to the city morgue
noun

A building, or a room in a hospital, where dead bodies are kept to be examined or until buried

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