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ossuary

os·suary

UK/ˈɒsjʊəɹi/ uncommon

noun

1.

any receptacle for the burial of human bones

Origin

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

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