{Mortuary urn}, an urn for holding the ashes of a dead person after cremation. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
mortuary urn — n. urn for keeping the ashes of a deceased person … English contemporary dictionary
Mortuary — Mor tu*a*ry, a. [L. mortuarius, fr. mortuus dead: cf. F. mortuaire. See {Mortal}.] Of or pertaining to the dead; as, mortuary monuments. [1913 Webster] {Mortuary urn}, an urn for holding the ashes of a dead person after cremation. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mortuary — mor|tu|a|ry1 [ˈmo:tʃuəri US ˈmo:rtʃueri] n plural mortuaries [Date: 1300 1400; : Medieval Latin; Origin: mortuarium, from Latin mortuus dead ] 1.) BrE a building or room, for example in a hospital, where dead bodies are kept before they are… … Dictionary of contemporary English
mortuary — 1 noun (C) 1 BrE a building or room, for example in a hospital, where dead bodies are kept before they are buried or cremated (cremate); morgue (1) 2 AmE the place where a body is kept before a funeral and where the funeral is sometimes held 2… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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Interment — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Interment >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 interment interment burial sepulture Sgm: N 1 inhumation| inhumation| Sgm: N 1 obsequies obsequies exequies Sgm: N 1 funeral funeral wake pyre … English dictionary for students
ceremonial object — ▪ religion Introduction any object used in a ritual or a religious ceremony. Throughout the history of religions and cultures, objects used in cults, rituals, and sacred ceremonies have almost always been of both utilitarian and symbolic… … Universalium
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cemetery — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. graveyard, necropolis, burial ground or mound. See interment. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. burial ground, graveyard, memorial park, funerary grounds, churchyard, necropolis, potter s field, catacomb, city… … English dictionary for students
