The study of deceased bodies through mortuary work.

(now chiefly historical) The belief that the soul is mortal like the body.

(historical) A mortar for throwing a shot of some kind to carry a rope from the shore to a ship in distress.

The process, or the result of mortalizing

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shuffle off this mortal coil

present participle of shuffle off this mortal coil

simple past tense and past participle of shuffle off this mortal coil

(archaeology, paleontology) The process by which individuals in a population die off in large numbers as part of a single event (rather than one by one, from a variety of causes).

(archaeology, paleontology) The process by which individuals in a population die off one by one from a variety of causes (rather than in large numbers as part of a single event).

plural of mortgage deed