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mortuary

1. mor.tu.ary \'mo.r-ch*-.wer-e-\ n [ME mortuarie, fr. ML mortuarium, fr. 
   L, neut. of mortuarius]of the dead, fr. mortuus, pp. : a place in which 
   dead bodies are kept until burial; esp : FUN ERAL HOME
2. mortuary aj 1: of or relating to the burial of the dead  2: of, relating 
   to, or characteristic of death