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mortuaries

  • plural
    of mortuary.
    mortuary
    noun
    funeral home.

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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

The team have also been working on records in relation to cemeteries, baptisms, hospitals and mortuaries.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2025

But other churches in the neighbourhood of Morlaix are well worth visiting; churches typical of the Finistère, with their wonderful calvaries, mortuaries and triumphal arches.

From The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 4, April, 1891 by Charles W. Wood