Mortuary Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ary

Mortuary has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Definitions

Noun

a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation

morgue mortuary dead room

A place where dead bodies are stored prior to burial or cremation.

Adjective

of or relating to or characteristic of death

mortuary

of or relating to a funeral

mortuary

Of, or relating to death or a funeral; funereal.