Examples of “mortuary” in a Sentence

noun A room or building where dead bodies are kept before a funeral or cremation.

• The pathologist examined the body in the hospital mortuary.
• Staff moved the remains to the mortuary overnight.

adj Relating to death, burial, or funerals.

• The museum has a collection of mortuary art from ancient Egypt.
• Archaeologists study mortuary customs to understand how past societies treated their dead.