noun
- people whose job is to prepare dead bodies for burial and to arrange funerals
Examples
- The morticians worked carefully to prepare the body for the viewing.
- Local morticians often help families plan funeral services.
- She decided to become a mortician after studying anatomy in college.
- The funeral home employed three experienced morticians.
- Morticians must be licensed in most states.
- The morticians coordinated with the cemetery for the burial arrangements.