mortuary urn

  • 1Mortuary urn — Mortuary Mor tu*a*ry, a. [L. mortuarius, fr. mortuus dead: cf. F. mortuaire. See {Mortal}.] Of or pertaining to the dead; as, mortuary monuments. [1913 Webster] {Mortuary urn}, an urn for holding the ashes of a dead person after cremation. [1913… …

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  • 2mortuary urn — n. urn for keeping the ashes of a deceased person …

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  • 3Mortuary — Mor tu*a*ry, a. [L. mortuarius, fr. mortuus dead: cf. F. mortuaire. See {Mortal}.] Of or pertaining to the dead; as, mortuary monuments. [1913 Webster] {Mortuary urn}, an urn for holding the ashes of a dead person after cremation. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 4mortuary — mor|tu|a|ry1 [ˈmo:tʃuəri US ˈmo:rtʃueri] n plural mortuaries [Date: 1300 1400; : Medieval Latin; Origin: mortuarium, from Latin mortuus dead ] 1.) BrE a building or room, for example in a hospital, where dead bodies are kept before they are… …

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  • 5mortuary — 1 noun (C) 1 BrE a building or room, for example in a hospital, where dead bodies are kept before they are buried or cremated (cremate); morgue (1) 2 AmE the place where a body is kept before a funeral and where the funeral is sometimes held 2… …

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  • 6Funerary art — Tomb of Philippe Pot, governor of Burgundy under Louis XI …

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  • 7Interment — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Interment >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 interment interment burial sepulture Sgm: N 1 inhumation| inhumation| Sgm: N 1 obsequies obsequies exequies Sgm: N 1 funeral funeral wake pyre …

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  • 8ceremonial object — ▪ religion Introduction  any object used in a ritual or a religious ceremony.       Throughout the history of religions and cultures, objects used in cults, rituals, and sacred ceremonies have almost always been of both utilitarian and symbolic… …

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  • 9Oakwood Cemetery (Troy, New York) — Oakwood Cemetery U.S. National Register of Historic Places …

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  • 10North Petherton — Coordinates: 51°05′28″N 3°00′47″W / 51.091°N 3.013°W / 51.091; 3.013 …

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