MORTMAL
Mort"mal, n.
Defn: See Mormal. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
MORTPAY
Mort"pay`, n. Etym: [F. mort dead + E. pay.]
Defn: Dead pay; the crime of taking pay for the service of dead soldiers, or for services not actually rendered by soldiers. [Obs.] Bacon.
MORTRESS; MORTREW
Mor"tress, Mor"trew, n. Etym: [See Mortar.]
Defn: A dish of meats and other ingredients, cooked together; an ollapodrida. Chaucer. Bacon.
MORTUARY Mor"tu*a*ry, n.; pl. Mortuaries. Etym: [LL. mortuarium. See Mortuary, a.]
1. 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.
2. A burial place; a place for the dead.
3. A place for the reception of the dead before burial; a deadhouse; a morgue.