Definition of Mortuary urn. Meaning of Mortuary urn. Synonyms of Mortuary urn

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Mortuary urn. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Mortuary urn and, of course, Mortuary urn synonyms and on the right images related to the word Mortuary urn.

Definition of Mortuary urn

Mortuary urn
Mortuary Mor"tu*a*ry, a. [L. mortuarius, fr. mortuus dead: cf. F. mortuaire. See Mortal.] Of or pertaining to the dead; as, mortuary monuments. Mortuary urn, an urn for holding the ashes of the dead.

Meaning of Mortuary urn from wikipedia

- known for its memorial shrines erected for mortuary cults. Another, more unusual, form of mortuary cult is an urn with ash, deposed at the home of the yet-living...
- Adipocere (/ˈædɪpəˌsɪər, -poʊ-/), also known as corpse wax, grave wax or mortuary wax, is a wax-like organic substance formed by the anaerobic bacterial...
- come to the region under the explanation that it was delivering the mortuary urn of the late Turkish Amb****ador home, a claim which was dismissed by the...
- columbaria (a type of mausoleum for cremated remains) with additional cinerary urn niches. Mausolea may be located in a cemetery, a churchyard or on private...
- bearing an urn, which led to his mantra, "the power of the urn," allowing his main protégé The Undertaker to revive strength. His keeper-of-the-urn gimmick...
- name comes from the custom of cremating the dead and placing their ashes in urns, which were then buried in fields. The first usage of the name occurred in...
- ceremony may include burial in a casket, burial sewn in sailcloth, burial in an urn, or scattering of the cremated remains from a ship. Burial at sea by aircraft...
- monitoring and establishing the protocol for handling corpses, the first mortuary schools were established in 1898, along with the National Funeral Directors...
- Mortuary archaeology is the study of human remains in their archaeological context. This is a known sub-field of bioarchaeology, which is a field that...
- members of the House of Habsburg. The bones of 145 Habsburg royalty, plus urns containing the hearts or cremated remains of four others, are here, including...