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Word: Ossuary
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 17th century: from Latin ossuarium, from ossua, variant of ossa, plural of os, oss- ‘bone’ (see os)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈɒsjʊəri
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a container or room in which the bones of dead people are placed.
Short Definition:container or room in which bones of dead people are placed
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