Definitions | ossuary |
| noun (ossuaries)
- A container or receptacle, such as an urn or vault, for holding the bones of the dead.
Etymology: From ossuarium, ossuÄrium "charnel house" < ossuarius, ossuÄrius "of or for bones" < compound of osLatin, os "bone" + adjectival suffix -arius, -Ärius "of, related to"
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