- A sort of ecclesiastical heriot, a customary gift claimed
by, and due to, the minister of a parish on the death of a parishioner.
It seems to have been originally a voluntary bequest or donation,
intended to make amends for any failure in the payment of tithes of
which the deceased had been guilty. - A burial place; a place for the dead. - A place for the reception of the dead before burial; a
deadhouse; a morgue. - Of or pertaining to the dead; as, mortuary monuments.
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