Mortuary
noun
A place where bodies of dead people are kept before they are buried or cremated.
After the accident, his body was taken to the mortuary.
Often appears as...
- hospital mortuary
- mortuary services
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Formal
adjective
Relating to burial or tombs.
The family held a private mortuary service for the deceased.
Often appears as...
- mortuary ritual
- mortuary practices
Usage tips
Formal
noun
A place where bodies of dead people are kept before they are buried or cremated.
After the accident, his body was taken to the mortuary.
Often appears as...
- hospital mortuary
- mortuary services
Usage tips
Formal
adjective
Relating to burial or tombs.
The family held a private mortuary service for the deceased.
Often appears as...
- mortuary ritual
- mortuary practices
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Setting
Mortuary is commonly used in medical or forensic contexts where professionalism is essential.
The coroner's report will be completed at the mortuary.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary Keeping
A mortuary is a temporary place for the deceased before final arrangements, like a funeral.
Her remains are at the mortuary pending the funeral arrangements.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Weight
The word mortuary can evoke a sense of solemnity and respect for the deceased.
Visiting the mortuary was a somber experience.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Setting
Mortuary is commonly used in medical or forensic contexts where professionalism is essential.
The coroner's report will be completed at the mortuary.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary Keeping
A mortuary is a temporary place for the deceased before final arrangements, like a funeral.
Her remains are at the mortuary pending the funeral arrangements.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Weight
The word mortuary can evoke a sense of solemnity and respect for the deceased.
Visiting the mortuary was a somber experience.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Setting
Mortuary is commonly used in medical or forensic contexts where professionalism is essential.
The coroner's report will be completed at the mortuary.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary Keeping
A mortuary is a temporary place for the deceased before final arrangements, like a funeral.
Her remains are at the mortuary pending the funeral arrangements.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Weight
The word mortuary can evoke a sense of solemnity and respect for the deceased.
Visiting the mortuary was a somber experience.
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Let's talk about dying -...
I think is more political I think we have to get on to this I suggested we should have occupied death my wife said I sit over here right sittings in the mortuary yeah oh sure so that one didn't really run but I did I was very struck by this now I'm an aging hippies I don't
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What really matters at...
called the Zen Hospice Project, where we have a little ritual that helps with this shift in perspective. When one of our residents dies, the mortuary men come, and as we're wheeling the body out through the garden, heading for the gate, we pause.
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Welcome to Embalming 101...
routinely embalming the dead would be taboo in many other cultures even in mortuary school embalming is practically a ritual with clearly defined steps first the body is cleaned and prepped mouths pleasure it's crucial to get that
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Risk Takers: Archaeology...
This is extraordinary. This could help us to rewrite the history of how we understand the landscape around Portus." Previously in this area, they had found a number of mortuary features. So, again, a before and an after.
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Peter Saul: Let's talk...
My wife said, "Yeah, right, sit-ins in the mortuary. Yeah, yeah. Sure." So that one didn't really run, but I was very struck by this. Now, I'm an aging hippie. I don't know, I don't think I look like that anymore, but
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Barry Schwartz: Our loss...
there isn't a single thing on it that involves other human beings. Not one. The janitor's job could just as well be done in a mortuary as in a hospital. And yet, when some psychologists interviewed hospital janitors
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How to get your ideas to...
Oh, you like my ring? It's my grandmother. Fastest-growing business in the whole mortuary industry. But you don't have to be Ozzie Osborne -- you don't have to be super-outrageous to do this. What you have to do
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The science of cells...
on our mind's and our body's health. And there she was standing in my lab, which ironically overlooked the entrance to a mortuary, and -- And she had a life-and-death question for me.
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The pharaoh that...
She was a great builder. Her mortuary temple, Djeser-Djeseru, was an architectural phenomenon at the time and is still admired today. She enhanced the economy of Egypt,
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Sky Caves of Nepal, Part...
the cliff face collapsed these mortuary caves were once reached by narrow access tubes
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Let's talk about dying -...
I think is more political I think we have to get on to this I suggested we should have occupied death my wife said I sit over here right sittings in the mortuary yeah oh sure so that one didn't really run but I did I was very struck by this now I'm an aging hippies I don't
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What really matters at...
called the Zen Hospice Project, where we have a little ritual that helps with this shift in perspective. When one of our residents dies, the mortuary men come, and as we're wheeling the body out through the garden, heading for the gate, we pause.
Video examples
Welcome to Embalming 101...
routinely embalming the dead would be taboo in many other cultures even in mortuary school embalming is practically a ritual with clearly defined steps first the body is cleaned and prepped mouths pleasure it's crucial to get that
Video examples
Risk Takers: Archaeology...
This is extraordinary. This could help us to rewrite the history of how we understand the landscape around Portus." Previously in this area, they had found a number of mortuary features. So, again, a before and an after.
Video examples
Peter Saul: Let's talk...
My wife said, "Yeah, right, sit-ins in the mortuary. Yeah, yeah. Sure." So that one didn't really run, but I was very struck by this. Now, I'm an aging hippie. I don't know, I don't think I look like that anymore, but
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Barry Schwartz: Our loss...
there isn't a single thing on it that involves other human beings. Not one. The janitor's job could just as well be done in a mortuary as in a hospital. And yet, when some psychologists interviewed hospital janitors
Video examples
How to get your ideas to...
Oh, you like my ring? It's my grandmother. Fastest-growing business in the whole mortuary industry. But you don't have to be Ozzie Osborne -- you don't have to be super-outrageous to do this. What you have to do
Video examples
The science of cells...
on our mind's and our body's health. And there she was standing in my lab, which ironically overlooked the entrance to a mortuary, and -- And she had a life-and-death question for me.
Video examples
The pharaoh that...
She was a great builder. Her mortuary temple, Djeser-Djeseru, was an architectural phenomenon at the time and is still admired today. She enhanced the economy of Egypt,
Video examples
Sky Caves of Nepal, Part...
the cliff face collapsed these mortuary caves were once reached by narrow access tubes
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Quote examples
Sheri Fink
American Journalist
When Katrina struck in 2005, roughly 300 deaths were recorded at hospitals, long-term care facilities and in nursing homes, according to a recently published study of death certificates and disaster mortuary team records. Many of them might have been saved if they had been evacuated sooner.
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Andrew Buchan
English Actor
Very little gets offered to me. I have to audition and bawl my eyes out. For 'Broadchurch,' the scene was Danny lying on the mortuary table. I can't remember the last audition I had where I didn't come out drenched in sweat, puffy-eyed.
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Salim Akil
I've worked in a mortuary and seen the consequences of what guns and knives do to people.
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Sheri Fink
American Journalist
When Katrina struck in 2005, roughly 300 deaths were recorded at hospitals, long-term care facilities and in nursing homes, according to a recently published study of death certificates and disaster mortuary team records. Many of them might have been saved if they had been evacuated sooner.
Quote examples
Andrew Buchan
English Actor
Very little gets offered to me. I have to audition and bawl my eyes out. For 'Broadchurch,' the scene was Danny lying on the mortuary table. I can't remember the last audition I had where I didn't come out drenched in sweat, puffy-eyed.
Quote examples
Salim Akil
I've worked in a mortuary and seen the consequences of what guns and knives do to people.
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