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ossuary en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈɒsjʊəɹi/

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

Forms

Coordinates

deadhouse · cinerarium · mortuary

Relateds

ossarium

Synonyms

charnel house

Translations (62)

ko 납골당 (a place where the dead are buried) · eu hezurtegi (a place where the dead are buried) · fi luuhuone (a place where the dead are buried) · pl ossuarium (a place where the dead are buried) · uk осуа́рій (a place where the dead are buried) · ko 봉안당 (a place where the dead are buried) · pt ossuário (a place where the dead are buried) · de Karner (a place where the dead are buried) · pam oswaryu (a place where the dead are buried) · eo ostejo (a place where the dead are buried) · sv benurna (a place where the dead are buried) · cmn 骨罐 (a place where the dead are buried) · sl kostnica (a place where the dead are buried) · sv benhus (a place where the dead are buried) · yue 藏骨堂 (a place where the dead are buried) · fur ossari (a place where the dead are buried) · ru оссуа́рий (a place where the dead are buried) · sv ossuarium (a place where the dead are buried) · cs kostnice (a place where the dead are buried) · pl ossarium (a place where the dead are buried) · is beinaklefi (a place where the dead are buried) · sh kòstūrnica (a place where the dead are buried) · fr ossuaire (a place where the dead are buried) · sk kostnica (a place where the dead are buried) · hy ոսկրատուն (a place where the dead are buried) · id osuari (a place where the dead are buried) · la ossuārium (a place where the dead are buried) · nl knekelhuis (a place where the dead are buried) · mk косту́рница (a place where the dead are buried) · sh ко̀стӯрница (a place where the dead are buried) · is beinahús (a place where the dead are buried) · no ossuarium (a place where the dead are buried) · de Beinhaus (a place where the dead are buried) · be асуа́рый (a place where the dead are buried) · ja 納骨堂 (a place where the dead are buried) · de Ossarium (a place where the dead are buried) · es osario (a place where the dead are buried) · it ossario (a place where the dead are buried) · el οστεοφυλάκιο (a place where the dead are buried) · uk кістни́ця (a place where the dead are buried) · hy ոսկրանոց (a place where the dead are buried) · ro osuar (a place where the dead are buried) · cmn 骨穴 (a place where the dead are buried) · is beinabúr (a place where the dead are buried) · nci omicalli (a place where the dead are buried) · nl ossuarium (a place where the dead are buried) · pam osuariu (a place where the dead are buried) · ko 골당 (a place where the dead are buried) · hu osszuárium (a place where the dead are buried) · pam balebutul (a place where the dead are buried) · pt ossário (a place where the dead are buried) · mi toma (a place where the dead are buried) · bg костница (a place where the dead are buried) · ru ко́стница (a place where the dead are buried) · fi ossuaari (a place where the dead are buried) · sk karner (a place where the dead are buried) · gv shamyr chraueyn (a place where the dead are buried) · ca ossari (a place where the dead are buried) · cmn 藏古堂 (a place where the dead are buried) · xcl արկղ (a place where the dead are buried) · ja 骨壷 (a place where the dead are buried) · ca ossera (a place where the dead are buried)