ossuary
[ osh-oo-er-ee, os- ]
/ ˈɒʃ uˌɛr i, ˈɒs- /
Save This Word!
noun, plural os·su·ar·ies.
a place or receptacle for the bones of the dead.
QUIZZES
WERE YOU BAMBOOZLED BY THE WORDS FROM FEBRUARY?
We understand! Words are tricky that way. Take this quiz on the Words of the Day from February, 2021, to show that you’re far from frumious!
Question 1 of 10
Which Word of the Day means “happening within or being the created world of a story”?
Also ossuarium.
Origin of ossuary
1650–60; <Late Latin ossuārium, variant of ossārium, equivalent to oss- (stem of os) bone + -ārium-ary
Words nearby ossuary
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021
Example sentences from the Web for ossuary
British Dictionary definitions for ossuary
ossuary
/ (ˈɒsjʊərɪ) /
noun plural -aries
any container for the burial of human bones, such as an urn or vault
Word Origin for ossuary
C17: from Late Latin ossuārium, from Latin os bone
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012