noun (plural mortuaries)
1 (AmE) a room or building, for example part of a hospital, in which dead bodies are kept before they are buried or CREMATED (= burned)
2 (AmE) = FUNERALPARLOUR
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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