as in undertaker
a person who manages funerals and prepares the dead for burial or cremation
the mortician will take care of all of the arrangements for the funeral
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When the mortician described the fang marks, Ms. Ngari was distraught.
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Brian Otieno, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
The morticians of the Middle Ages pick up bodies to place on a wheelbarrow in the midst of a pestilence.
—David Plazas, The Tennessean, 17 Apr. 2024
That idea echoes Linklater’s other Hollandsworth adaptation, 2011’s Bernie, in which a friendly mortician, pushed to his limits, murders a miserly old woman who’s abusive toward him, then proceeds to spread her wealth around town, improving everyone’s lives.
—Chris Stanton, Vulture, 14 June 2024
Cemeteries as public spaces: 'A new, old thing' Sarah Chavez is executive director for The Order of the Good Death, a nonprofit founded by Caitlin Doughty, a mortician and writer who's advocated for changes in the funeral industry.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
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Brian Otieno, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
The morticians of the Middle Ages pick up bodies to place on a wheelbarrow in the midst of a pestilence.
—David Plazas, The Tennessean, 17 Apr. 2024
That idea echoes Linklater’s other Hollandsworth adaptation, 2011’s Bernie, in which a friendly mortician, pushed to his limits, murders a miserly old woman who’s abusive toward him, then proceeds to spread her wealth around town, improving everyone’s lives.
—Chris Stanton, Vulture, 14 June 2024
Cemeteries as public spaces: 'A new, old thing' Sarah Chavez is executive director for The Order of the Good Death, a nonprofit founded by Caitlin Doughty, a mortician and writer who's advocated for changes in the funeral industry.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
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“Mortician.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mortician. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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