OSSUARY


Meaning of OSSUARY in English

/osh"ooh er'ee, os"-/ , n. , pl. ossuaries .

a place or receptacle for the bones of the dead.

Also, ossuarium .

[ 1650-60; ossuarium, var. of OSSARIUM, equiv. to oss- (s. of os ) bone + -arium -ARY ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .