ossuary

ossuary
Synonyms and related words:
barrow, beehive tomb, bone house, bone pot, box grave, burial, burial chamber, burial mound, catacombs, cenotaph, charnel house, cinerary urn, cist, cist grave, cromlech, crypt, deep six, dokhma, dolmen, funeral urn, grave, house of death, last home, long home, low green tent, low house, mastaba, mausoleum, monstrance, mummy chamber, narrow house, ossuarium, passage grave, pit, pyramid, reliquary, resting place, sepulcher, shaft grave, shrine, stupa, tomb, tope, tower of silence, tumulus, urn, vault

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  • Ossuary — in Hallstatt, Austria An ossuary is a chest, building, well, or site made to serve as the final resting place of human skeletal remains. They are frequently used where burial space is scarce. A body is first buried in a temporary grave, then… …   Wikipedia

  • Ossuary — Os su*a*ry, n.; pl. { ries}. [L. ossuarium, fr. ossuarius of or bones, fr. os, ossis, bone: cf. F. ossuaire.] A place where the bones of the dead are deposited; a charnel house. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ossuary — 1650s, an urn for the bones of the dead, from L.L. ossuarium charnel house, from L. os bone (see OSSEOUS (Cf. osseous)) on model of mortuarium …   Etymology dictionary

  • ossuary — [n] urn container, receptacle, vault, vessel; concept 494 …   New thesaurus

  • ossuary — [äs′yo͞o er΄ē] n. pl. ossuaries [LL ossuarium < ossuarius, of or for bones < L os: see OSSIFY] a container, as an urn or vault, for the bones of the dead …   English World dictionary

  • ossuary — noun (plural aries) Etymology: Late Latin ossuarium, from Latin, neuter of ossuarius of bones, from Old Latin ossua, plural of oss , os Date: 1658 a depository for the bones of the dead …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • ossuary — /osh ooh er ee, os /, n., pl. ossuaries. a place or receptacle for the bones of the dead. Also, ossuarium. [1650 60; < LL ossuarium, var. of OSSARIUM, equiv. to oss (s. of os) bone + arium ARY] * * * …   Universalium

  • ossuary — noun A container or receptacle, such as an urn or vault, for holding the bones of the dead …   Wiktionary

  • ossuary — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. urn, receptacle, vault. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A burial place or receptacle for human remains: catacomb, cinerarium, crypt, grave1, mausoleum, sepulcher, sepulture, tomb, vault1. See KEEP, PLACE …   English dictionary for students

  • ossuary — os·su·ar·y || É‘sjÊŠÉ™rɪ / É’s n. receptacle in which bones of the dead are stored …   English contemporary dictionary

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