mortuary

mortuary
[ˈmɔːtjʊəri, -tʃʊ-]
(pl. -ies)
  1. a room or building in which dead bodies are kept, for hygienic storage or for examination, until burial or cremation
    太平间，停尸房
adjective
  1. [attrib.]of or relating to burial or tombs
    （与）埋葬（有关）的；（与）坟墓（有关）的
    mortuary rituals.
    下葬仪式。
    a mortuary temple.
    停尸殿堂。
语源
  1. late Middle English (denoting a gift claimed by a parish priest from a deceased person's estate): from Latin mortuarius, from mortuus 'dead'. The current noun sense dates from the mid 19th cent
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