ossuary

• Recipiente, como caixa, baú ou câmara, usado para guardar ossos de pessoas mortas. Também pode se referir a um local ou estrutura destinada ao depósito de restos mortais.

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.

   Ossário

   • 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.

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