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(Latin: mors, death)

• a tithe paid by the heirs of a land renter to the landlord, commonly the best head of cattle
  
  

• a portion, received by bishops, from the estate of deceased clergymen
  
  

• bequests made to churches (Decretals, 3)
  
  

• the quota demanded for funerals not performed in one's own parish
  
  

• death notices
  
  

• a chapel, or hall for the dead, or morgue