Cemetery vs. Mortuary
Cemeterynoun
A place where the dead are buried; a graveyard or memorial park.
Cemeterynoun
A place or ground set apart for the burial of the dead; a graveyard; a churchyard; a necropolis.
Cemeterynoun
a tract of land used for burials
Cemetery
A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word cemetery (from Greek κοιμητήριον, ) implies that the land is specifically designated as a burial ground and originally applied to the Roman catacombs.
Mortuaryadjective
of, or relating to death or a funeral; funereal
Mortuarynoun
A place where dead bodies are stored prior to burial or cremation.
Mortuarynoun
(historical) A sort of ecclesiastical heriot, a customary gift claimed by, and due to, the minister of a parish on the death of a parishioner.
Mortuarynoun
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.
Mortuarynoun
A burial place; a place for the dead.
Mortuarynoun
A place for the reception of the dead before burial; a deadhouse; a morgue.
Mortuarynoun
A funeral home.
Mortuaryadjective
Of or pertaining to the dead; as, mortuary monuments.
Mortuarynoun
a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation
Mortuaryadjective
of or relating to or characteristic of death
Mortuaryadjective
of or relating to a funeral
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