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Webster 1913 Edition

Ossuary

Os′su-a-ry

,

Noun.

;

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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ossuary

OS'SUARY

,

Noun.

[L. ossuarium.] A charnel house; a place where the bones of the dead are deposited.

Definition 2024

ossuary

ossuary

English

Bones in an ossuary in the Czech Republic

Noun

ossuary ‎(plural ossuaries)

A container, receptacle, or building, such as an urn or vault, for holding the bones of the dead.

Translations

a place where the dead are buried

Chinese:
Mandarin: 骨穴 ‎(gǔxué), 藏古堂 ‎(cánggǔtáng), 骨罐 ‎(gǔguàn)
Classical Nahuatl: omicalli
Czech: kostnice f
Dutch: ossuarium (nl) n, knekelhuis n
Esperanto: ostejo
Finnish: ossuaari, luuhuone
French: ossuaire (fr) m
German: Beinhaus (de) n, Ossarium n, Karner (de) m
Greek: οστεοφυλάκιο (el) n ‎(osteofylákio)
Hungarian: osszuárium
Icelandic: beinabúr, beinaklefi, beinahús
Italian: ossario (it) m
Japanese: 納骨堂 ‎(のうこつどう, nōkotsudō), 骨つぼ ‎(こつつぼ, kotsutsubo)

Latin: ossuārium n
Maori: toma
Norwegian: ossuarium
Polish: karner m, ossuarium (pl) n
Portuguese: ossário m, ossuário m
Romanian: osuar (ro) n
Russian: оссуа́рий (ru) m ‎(ossuárij), ко́стница (ru) f ‎(kóstnica)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: костурница f

Roman: kosturnica (sh) f
Slovak: karner m, kostnica f
Slovene: kostnica (sl)
Spanish: osario (es) m
Swedish: ossuarium (sv), benhus, benurna

Anagrams

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