Vocabulary : Mortpay to Morwe
Mortpay : Dead pay; the crime of taking pay for the service of dead soldiers, or for services not actually rendered by soldiers.Mortress : Alt. of Mortrew
Mortrew : A dish of meats and other ingredients, cooked together; an ollapodrida.
Mortuaries : of Mortuary
Mortuary : 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.