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Examples of mortician in a Sentence
the mortician will take care of all of the arrangements for the funeral
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His real-life wife, Daphne Maxwell Reid, played a recurring character, a mortician named Hanna Griffin.
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Probation Officer James Worthington is also a licensed mortician who brought the idea to Leak and Sons Funeral Home.
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A mortician-corpse love story (based on true events) stylishly plays out to a punk-rock score.
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This Memorial Day weekend, as Americans honor those who served their country, an Air Force mortician is being accused of disrespecting one of our greatest military heroes: space pioneer John Glenn.
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DOVER, Del. -- This Memorial Day weekend, as Americans honor those who served their country, an Air Force mortician is being accused of disrespecting one of our greatest military heroes: space pioneer John Glenn.
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The mood was bright, not funereal, as coffin makers, morticians, funeral home operators and entrepreneurs converged on Hong Kong this week for the Asia Funeral and Cemetery Expo & Conference, a trade fair held every other year.
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The mortician also clarified that what was believed to be a single red rose in the girl’s right hand was actually a purple Nightshade flower.
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Gloria and her son go to visit a mortician about her stepfather’s death.
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MORTICIAN Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of mortician for English Language Learners
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: a person whose job is to prepare dead people to be buried and to arrange and manage funerals
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