1. 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.