mortician
noun
morticians
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pluralof mortician.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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During a previous spike in gold prices, Clark said, people were asking morticians for permission to pull gold teeth from the mouths of dead family members.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2025
From gravediggers to morticians, funeral directors to coroners, these workers carry deep psychic wounds of war — and have few others who can relate to them.
From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2022
Someone joked that morticians always had money and she’d thought about her interests—architecture, computers, landscape design.
From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2022
Ordinarily, a decedent is released from the state medical examiner’s office within a few days of a death, allowing morticians time to properly prepare for services.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2022
The Catholic calendar in my bedroom was printed by W. F. Gormley and Sons, morticians.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
