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MORTUARY (Med. Lat. mortuarium, from mortuus, dead) , of or belonging to the dead, or, in particular, to the burial 2 In his book Morton indulges his fondness for punning and display of Latinity by calling the place Mare- Mount
of the dead. The chief
modern
almoner to send round to other monastic houses notice of the death of a member, asking for prayers for the soul of the dead. This notice was often beautifully illuminated. On being returned with the endorsement of the monastery to which it had been sent, it would be copied into the roll. Both the notice and the roll were known as a mortuarium, or mortuary (see Abbot F. H. Gasquet's English
Life
English
Church
mortuary " was in certain places a customary oblation or offering paid out of the estate of a deceased person to the church
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