ossuary

A container, such as a box, chest, or chamber, used for storing the bones of the dead.

• 🇩🇪Ein Behälter, wie eine Kiste, ein Sarg oder eine Kammer, zur Aufbewahrung der Knochen von Verstorbenen; auch ein Beinhaus oder eine Grabkammer für Gebeine.

1. Bone repository C2 formal

   A container, room, or building where human skeletal remains are stored, often after exhumation.

   • The catacombs contain an ancient ossuary filled with bones.
   • Archaeologists discovered a Roman ossuary during the excavation.
   • The ossuary was used to store the remains of the deceased after the cemetery was relocated.

   🇩🇪Knochendepot

   Synonyme: charnel housesepulchre

• ossuaries plural form
• ossuaries' possessive plural form
• ossuary's possessive singular form