Definition of Morticians

1. Noun. (plural of mortician) ¹

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Definition of Morticians

1. mortician [n] - See also: mortician

Lexicographical Neighbors of Morticians

mortgagee
mortgagees
mortgageless
mortgager
mortgagers
mortgages
mortgaging
mortgagor
mortgagors
mortice
morticed
morticer
morticers
mortices
mortician
morticians (current term)
morticing
mortiferous
mortific
mortification
mortifications
mortified
mortifiedness
mortifier
mortifiers
mortifies
mortify
mortifying
mortifyingly
mortis

Literary usage of Morticians

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biosafety in the Laboratory: Prudent Practices for the Handling and Disposal by National Research Council (U. S.) (1989)
"... dentistry, autopsies or morticians' services, dialysis, and the clinical laboratory. These detailed precautions are found in the August 21,1987, ..."

2. Prevention of Youth Violence: A Framework for Community Action by Mary Ann Fenley (1993)
"... Nursing Association • Legal Association • Social Workers Association • morticians Private Organizations (for profit or nonprofit) • Foundations . ..."

3. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"... Canonero II —Audax Minor, New Yorker, 5 June 1971 I dare say the case is no different for the trade literature of morticians —Robert Lekachman, Change. ..."

4. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson (1872)
"... as rottenness is not the essential notion of the thing, but accidental death. It agrees exactly with Lat. morticians, cat- tie dead of itself ; Boh. ..."

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