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ossuary

/ˈɒsjʊəɹi/

ossuary noun: a container, receptacle, or building, such as an urn or vault, for holding the bones of the dead.

ossuary: a container, receptacle, or building, such as an urn or vault, for holding the bones of the dead
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Noun

ossuary (plural ossuaries)

  1. A container, receptacle, or building, such as an urn or vault, for holding the bones of the dead.
    Synonyms:
    charnel house

ossuary meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Kannada and Indonesian

ossuary in Tamil

என்புக்கலம், இறந்தவர்களின் எலும்புகள் வைக்கும் கலம், பழைய எலும்புகள் காணப்படும் குகை

ossuary in Urdu

ہڈی خانہ

ossuary in Kannada

ಅಸ್ಥಿಪಾತ್ರೆ, ಅಸ್ಥಿಕುಂಭ, ಸತ್ತವರ ಮೂಳೆಗಳನ್ನಿಡುವ ಪಾತ್ರೆ, ಶವದ ಮನೆ

ossuary in Indonesian

a place where the dead are buried
osuari

Synonyms of ossuary

Forms of ossuary

pluralossuaries

Origin of ossuary

From Late Latin ossuārium (“charnel house”), from ossuārius (“of or for bones”), from compound of Latin os (“bone”) + adjectival suffix -ārius (“of, related to”).

Questions about ossuary

What does ossuary mean?
Ossuary means a container, receptacle, or building, such as an urn or vault, for holding the bones of the dead.
What is ossuary in Tamil?
Ossuary in Tamil is என்புக்கலம், இறந்தவர்களின் எலும்புகள் வைக்கும் கலம், பழைய எலும்புகள் காணப்படும் குகை. See Ossuary meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ossuary?
Ossuary is a noun.
How do you pronounce ossuary?
Ossuary is pronounced /ˈɒsjʊəɹi/.
What is the plural of ossuary?
The plural of ossuary is ossuaries.

Words near ossuary in the dictionary

  1. OSSTF
  2. ossuaria
  3. ossuaries
  4. ossuarium
  5. ossuariums
  6. ossuary
  7. Ossun
  8. Ossé
  9. ost
  10. ostalgia
  11. ostalgias

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ossuary (page history and authors); ossuary (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ossuary (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ossuary (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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