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funeral parlour

British  

noun

  1. Usual US name: funeral home.  a place where the dead are prepared for burial or cremation

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Beverley, her husband and other families are campaigning for changes to funeral parlour regulations, backed by a number of lawmakers.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

An ex-employee described Robert Bush's funeral parlour as a "horror scene", prosecutor Chris Paxton said at the start of a five-day sentencing hearing.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

Speaking to BBC Newsnight, the couple said they discovered Ms Upton had kept their daughter's body at her home, six miles away from the funeral parlour where they believed her body was being looked after.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2025

A grieving daughter has been told her mother's ashes were found during a police search at a funeral parlour, months after she thought she had scattered them.

From BBC May 24, 2024

Feeling like an undertaker’s apprentice in a funeral parlour, I crept downstairs.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl

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