About The Word Ossuary
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Ossuary
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What's The Definition Of Ossuary?Synonyms | Synonyms for Ossuary: Related Terms | Find terms related to Ossuary: 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 See Also | Ossuary In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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