adj a burial place; a place for the dead.
2. mortuary ·adj of or pertaining to the dead; as, mortuary monuments.
3. mortuary ·adj a place for the reception of the dead before burial; a deadhouse; a morgue.
4. mortuary ·adj a sort of ecclesiastical heriot, a customary gift claimed by, and due to, the minister of a parish on the death of a parishioner. it seems to have been originally a voluntary bequest or donation, intended to make amends for any failure in the payment of tithes of which the deceased had been guilty.