Synonyms for ossuary

Grammar : Noun

Spell : osh-oo-er-ee, os-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɒʃ uˌɛr i, ˈɒs-

Définition of ossuary

Origin : "urn for the bones of the dead," 1650s, from Late Latin ossuarium "charnel house," from neuter of Latin ossuarius "of bones," from Latin os (plural ossua) "bone" (see osseous) on model of mortuarium.

noun urn

Example sentences :

The Magdalenians have passed through this ossuary and have drawn out all the canine teeth to make ornaments of them.
Extract from : « Men of the Old Stone Age » by Henry Fairfield Osborn

Ossuary, os′ū-ar-i, n. a place where the bones of the dead are deposited: a charnel-house.
Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) » by Various

I love to go to his ossuary of dead transactions, as I would visit the catacombs of Rome or Paris.
Extract from : « The Poet at the Breakfast Table » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

After a time the body is taken up, the bones cleaned, and deposited in an ossuary called the Quiogozon.
Extract from : « A further contribution to the study of the mortuary customs of the North American Indians » by H. C. Yarrow

Bonaparte stopped near the Ossuary, and desired to be shown the spot where the battle of Morat was fought.
Extract from : « Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Complete » by Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne

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