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Webster 1913 Edition


Ossuary

Os′su-a-ry

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Noun.
;
pl.
-ries
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.
[L.
ossuarium
, fr.
ossuarius
of or bones, fr.
os
,
ossis
, bone: cf. F.
ossuaire
.]
A place where the bones of the dead are deposited; a charnel house.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ossuary

OS'SUARY

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Noun.
[L. ossuarium.] A charnel house; a place where the bones of the dead are deposited.