/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 dead.
4. pertaining to or connected with death.
[ 1350-1400; ME mortuarie mortuarium, n. use of neut. of L mortuarius of the dead, equiv. to mortu ( us ) dead + -arius -ARY ]