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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Mortuary

Mōrt'ū-a-ry, n.

noun

(mōrt'yū-a-rȳ), n. [L. Lat. mortuarium. See infra.]

  1. A sort of ecclesiastical heriot, a customary gift claimed by, and due to, the minister of a parish on the death of a parishioner. It seems to have been originally a voluntary bequest or donation, intended to make amends for any failure in the payment of tithes of which the deceased had been guilty.
  2. A burial-place.

Mōrt'ū-a-ry, a.

adjective

a. [Lat. mortuarius, belonging to the dead, from mortuus, dead; Fr. mortuaire, Sp. mortuorio.] Belonging to the burial of the dead; as, mortuary monuments.