Ossuary

//ˈɒsjʊəɹi// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A container, receptacle, or building, such as an urn or vault, for holding the bones of the dead.
  2. 2
    any receptacle for the burial of human bones wordnet

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barrowbeehive tombbone housebone potbonehousebonehouse

Etymology

From Late Latin ossuārium (“charnel house”), from ossuārius (“of or for bones”), from compound of Latin os (“bone”) + adjectival suffix -ārius (“of, related to”).

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