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View synonyms for ossuary

ossuary

[ osh-oo-er-ee, os- ]

noun

, plural os·su·ar·ies.
  1. a place or receptacle for the bones of the dead.


ossuary

/ ˈɒsjʊərɪ /

noun

  1. any container for the burial of human bones, such as an urn or vault
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ossuary1

1650–60; < Late Latin ossuārium, variant of ossārium, equivalent to oss- (stem of os ) bone + -ārium -ary
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ossuary1

C17: from Late Latin ossuārium, from Latin os bone
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Example Sentences

Southern California has always been an ossuary of failed publications done in by apathetic readership, clueless owners or a combination of both.

But Southern California has always been an ossuary of failed publications done in by apathetic readership, clueless owners or a combination of both.

The layering suggests geological strata, or the arrangement of skulls in a medieval ossuary.

He was buried in a specially designed crypt in the cathedral which he commissioned that will be the resting place of all future archbishops after the remains of their predecessors are transferred to an ossuary.

One bone of contention for him — just one vertebra in an ossuary of contention, really — is that I have not made a pilgrimage to meet his new child.

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