mortal remains
What's left behind
Mortal remains is a formal or euphemistic term for a dead body, emphasizing the physical matter left behind after death.
The phrase appears in legal, religious, and funeral contexts: The mortal remains were interred at the family cemetery.
It carries dignity and solemnity, often used when discussing burial arrangements or repatriation of the deceased.
- coffinBurial container for remains
- open casketFuneral with visible remains
- corpseDeceased human body
- dead bodyDeceased person's remains
- burialPlacing deceased underground
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mortal remainsliving being
Organism that's alive
living soul · survivor · the quick · flesh and blood · beating heart
mortal remainseternal life
Unending conscious existence
the eternal · immortality · everlasting life · celestial body
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