ossuary
IPA: ɑsuɛri
noun
- A container, receptacle, or building, such as an urn or vault, for holding the bones of the dead.
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Examples of "ossuary" in Sentences
- An ossuary is basically a mass grave.
- Shanks has remained a staunch defender of the ossuary.
- Next to the church is a 12th century two storey ossuary.
- Mary's chappel situated, built in 1489 on the former ossuary.
- Their remains are stored in nine common graves and an ossuary.
- No, there was not any bone material found in the James ossuary.
- The building stands on an artificial mound, inside of which is the ossuary.
- Another occurrence is on the ossuary that contained the bones of St. Lazarus.
- Sedlec is the site of the Gothic Cathedral of Our Lady and the famous Ossuary.
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