Mortuary

morfu-a-rT, n. A gift due to the minister of a parish on the death of a parishioner: a burial-place; a morgue. — a. Pert, to the burial of a ret he dead.— Mort'gage, mor'gej, n. (Law.) A con- Moveyance of property, as security for payment of a debt or performance of a duty, on condition that; in the grant shall become void upon payment or performance; state of being pledged. — v. t. [mort dis gaged (-gejd), -gaging.] To conve3' as security, etc.; to pledge; to make liable to the payment of n. any debt or expenditure. — Morfgagee', -ga-je', ». One to whom a mortgage is made or given. — MorVa. gage or', -gej-dr'', Morfgager, -ga-ier, n. One who conveys property as security for debt. — Mort ''main, mormfirfman, n. (Law.) Po e ion of lands or tenements in dead hands, or hands that cannot alienate, a. — orig. by the church, now by any corporation. I — Mor'tify, -tT-fl, v. t. [-fied (-fid), -fying.] To leaf destroy the organic texture and vital functions of; to deaden by religious discipline, as the carnal affections, bodily appetites, or worldly desires; to as abase; to affect with vexation, chagrin, or humiliation; to humble, — v. i. To lose vitality, as flesh; I to practice severities and penance from religious j motives; to be subdued.— Mor'tifica'tion, n. Act of, — j or condition of being, etc., esp. (Med.) death of one part of an animal body, while the rest continues to a. live; subjection of the pa ions and appetites, by penance, abstinence, etc.; humiliation, chagrin, vexaetc. j tion; that which mortifies. Mortar, mSr'tar, n. A wide the mouthed ve el, in which substances are pounded with a pestle. (Mil.) A short piece of ordnance,, the used with ing bombs, large bore, shells, for etc., throw-" at Mortar. i high angles of elevation. — A mixture of lime and sand with water, as a cement for uniting stones man and bricks in walls. in- Mor'tise, mSr'tis, ». A cavity her! cut into a piece of timber, or j other material, esp. one to receive the end of another piece, made to fit it, called a tenon. —, r„v ing.] To make a (-list), mortise -Tisin; Mortise to join and by Tenon. a tenon v. t. [mortised and mortise. r in '■ to Mortmain, Mortuary. I See under Mort. Book j Mosaic, mo-zalk, -ical, of, j a. Pert, to Moses, j leader and law-giver of the Israeli tes. n.