ossuary

• Récipient, tel qu'une boîte, un coffre ou une chambre, utilisé pour conserver les ossements des défunts.

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

1. Bone repositoryC2formal

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

   ossuaire

   • 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.

   Synonymescharnel housesepulchre