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- noun Same as
funeral home .
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- noun US a
mortuary orfuneral home
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- noun a mortuary where those who knew the deceased can come to pay their last respects
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treeseed commented on the word funeral parlor
Another term for mortuary or funeral home
A funeral home, or mortuary, is a business that provides burial and funeral services for the deceased and their families. These services may include a prepared wake and funeral, and the provision of a chapel for the funeral.
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February 3, 2008
treeseed commented on the word funeral parlor
In the early 20th century before the common commercial use of a separate funeral location was popular the deceased were most often displayed in their casket in the parlor of the private home in which they had lived. When mortuaries began offering the service of displaying the deceased for public viewing and grieving, the term "funeral parlor" was used to make the practice seem like the more familiar custom of displaying the deceased at home.
February 3, 2008