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noun, plural -ar·ies.
a place or receptacle for the bones of the dead.
Also, ossuarium.
Origin:
1650–60; < Late Latin ossuārium, variant of ossārium, equivalent to oss- (stem of os) bone + -ārium -ary
1650–60; < Late Latin ossuārium, variant of ossārium, equivalent to oss- (stem of os) bone + -ārium -ary
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ossuary
1658, "an urn for the bones of the dead," from L.L. ossuarium "charnel house," from L. os "bone" (see osseous) on model of mortuarium.
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