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mortuary

[mawr-choo-er-ee] / ˈmɔr tʃuˌɛr i /
NOUN
funeral home
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Lyubov was still searching for her mother's body, until she visited the mortuary last October during a trip to the regional capital Kursk.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

Nearby, close to the hospital's mortuary, photos of bodies recovered from the mud are on display.

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

So what do we know about the failings in post-death care and the mortuary service?

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

Separately, two men have been bailed after being arrested in connection with operating practices at the mortuary service.

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

The mortuary delivered Chris’s ashes to their hotel in a plastic box.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

With mortuaries overflowing, Nepal has buried hundreds of bodies in mass graves after collecting DNA samples for future identification, according to police.

From Barron's Sep. 8, 2026

With mortuaries overflowing in Nepal, authorities have had to bury hundreds of unidentified bodies after DNA sampling.

From Barron's Sep. 2, 2026

After days of searching shelters and mortuaries, relatives of some of the missing lost hope and began conducting last rites.

From Barron's Sep. 2, 2026

Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust said it had barred 38-year-old Amie Upton from its mortuaries and maternity wards in spring this year.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2025

On the whole subject of mortuaries and the unpopularity which they entailed upon the church, see Coulton, Medieval Studies, no.

From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Eileen Power




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