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Mortuary :: Mortuary (a.) A place for the reception of the dead before burial; a deadhouse; a morgue.

Blockade :: Blockade (v. t.) The shutting up of a place by troops or ships, with the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the reception of supplies; as, the blockade of the ports of an enemy..

Prigidity :: Prigidity (n.) Want of ardor, animation, vivacity, etc.; coldness of affection or of manner; dullness; stiffness and formality; as, frigidity of a reception, of a bow, etc..

Draughthouse :: Draughthouse (n.) A house for the reception of waste matter; a privy.

Troweled :: Troweled () Formed with a trowel; smoothed with a trowel; as, troweled stucco, that is, stucco laid on and ready for the reception of paint..

Spekehouse :: Spekehouse (n.) The parlor or reception room of a convent.

Xenodochium :: Xenodochium (n.) In the Middle Ages, a room in a monastery for the reception and entertainment of strangers and pilgrims, and for the relief of paupers. [Called also Xenodocheion.].

Xenodochy :: Xenodochy (n.) Reception of strangers; hospitality.

Deadhouse :: Deadhouse (n.) A morgue; a place for the temporary reception and exposure of dead bodies.

Inception :: Inception (n.) Reception; a taking in.

Salon :: Salon (n.) An apartment for the reception of company; hence, in the plural, fashionable parties; circles of fashionable society..

Sociable :: Sociable (n.) A gathering of people for social purposes; an informal party or reception; as, a church sociable..

Tomb :: Tomb (n.) A house or vault, formed wholly or partly in the earth, with walls and a roof, for the reception of the dead..

Pernancy :: Pernancy (n.) A taking or reception, as the receiving of rents or tithes in kind, the receiving of profits..

Hospital :: Hospital (n.) A building in which the sick, injured, or infirm are received and treated; a public or private institution founded for reception and cure, or for the refuge, of persons diseased in body or mind, or disabled, infirm, or dependent, and in which they are treated either at their own expense, or more often by charity in whole or in part; a tent, building, or other place where the sick or wounded of an army cared for..

Interstice :: Interstice (n.) An interval of time; specifically (R. C. Ch.), in the plural, the intervals which the canon law requires between the reception of the various degrees of orders..

Receipt :: Receipt (n.) Reception, as an act of hospitality..

Welcome :: Welcome (n.) Kind reception of a guest or newcomer; as, we entered the house and found a ready welcome..

Lantern :: Lantern (n.) A kind of cage inserted in a stuffing box and surrounding a piston rod, to separate the packing into two parts and form a chamber between for the reception of steam, etc. ; -- called also lantern brass..

Currency :: Currency (n.) The state or quality of being current; general acceptance or reception; a passing from person to person, or from hand to hand; circulation; as, a report has had a long or general currency; the currency of bank notes..

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