Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An urn or other receptacle for the bones or ashes of the dead; an ossuary.
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Examples
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In fact, now that I think about it, there must be an ossarium somewhere; they can't possibly have buried all their monks for centuries in that patch of ground. "
The Name of the Rose Eco, Umberto 1980
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