I. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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An earlier announcement named the wrong mortuary .
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I joined her in the mortuary .
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If the person dies in hospital the family will need to collect the body from the mortuary .
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Most of those are autopsied and then released to a mortuary in a relatively short period of time.
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The body was taken to the city mortuary .
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The next day she located his body at a mortuary .
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The remains of a few victims were taken to a makeshift mortuary in a hangar at Schiphol.
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They also send a hearse to carry the body to the funeral home or mortuary .
II. adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a mortuary urn
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A funeral director's licence needed a degree and two year's mortuary service following a one-year apprenticeship.
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His body rested in his tomb and his cult was celebrated in his mortuary temple.
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Scathach had entered the mortuary house.
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There are a number of cemeteries where the details of the mortuary ritual varies considerably.