mortuary
31mortuary temple — ▪ Egyptian temple in ancient Egypt, place of worship of a deceased king and the depository for food and objects offered to the dead monarch. In the Old and Middle Kingdoms (c. 2575–c. 2130 BC; and 1938–c. 1600? BC) the mortuary temple… …
32mortuary affairs — Covers the search for, recovery, identification, preparation, and disposition of remains of persons for whom the Services are responsible by status and Executive Order. See also joint mortuary affairs office …
33Mortuary complex of Pepi I — The mortuary complex of Pepi I is situated in the southern archaeological complex of Saqqara, Egypt. It was excavated in the 1960s by the French Archaeological Mission of Saqqara (MafS) which, all around the main pharaoh s pyramid, discovered… …
34Mortuary sword — Das Mortuary Sword (dt.: Leichenschwert) ist ein einhändig geführtes, ca. 1 kg schweres Schwert und fand im englischen Bürgerkrieg im 17. Jahrhundert von Dragoonoffizieren Verwendung …
35mortuary — I. adjective Etymology: Latin mortuarius of the dead, from mortuus dead Date: 1514 1. of or relating to the burial of the dead 2. of, relating to, or characteristic of death II. noun (plural aries) Date: 1865 a place in which dead bodies are kept …
36mortuary — /mawr chooh er ee/, n., pl. mortuaries, adj. n. 1. See funeral home. 2. a customary gift formerly claimed by and due to the incumbent of a parish in England from the estate of a deceased parishioner. adj. 3. of or pertaining to the burial of the… …
37mortuary — 1. adjective of, or relating to death or a funeral; funereal 2. noun a) a place where dead bodies are stored prior to burial or cremation b) …
38Mortuary — Payment or *fine elicited by the church on the death of a parishioner. There were various degrees of payment, depending on the poverty or otherwise of the deceased. Cf. Soul scot …
39mortuary — Synonyms and related words: blue, burning ghat, cadaverous, charnel house, cinerary, corpselike, crematorium, crematory, deadhouse, deadly, deathlike, deathly, deathly pale, dirgelike, dismal, eerie, epitaphic, exequial, feral, funebrial,… …
40mortuary — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. morgue, funeral home. adj. funerary, funereal. See interment. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. charnel house, funeral parlor, funeral home; see morgue 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. funeral home,… …
