ossuaryn.

Brit.

/ˈɒsjʊəri/, U.S.

/ˈɑʃəˌwɛri/,

/ˈɑs(j)əˌwɛri/

Forms: 1600s ossary, 1600s– ossuary.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ossuārium.

Etymology: < classical Latin ossuārium ossuarium n.; compare -ary suffix¹.Originally, in form ossary, via Spanish ossario (1575 in the passage translated in quot. 1600 at sense 1).

1. A receptacle (as an urn, vault, etc.) for the bones of the dead; a charnel house.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > receptacle for remains > [noun] > receptacle for bones

ossuary1600

ossuarium1765

osteophagus1895

the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > burial-chamber > [noun] > repository or ossuary

bone houseOE

charnel1430

carnarya1552

charnel house1556

ossuary1600

golgotha1604

repository?1639

conditory1706

ossuarium1765

reposit1792

skullery1818

1600 L. Lewkenor tr. A. de Torquemada Spanish Mandeuile i. f. 21^v In the time of Aug. Caesar, saith he [sc. Solinus], there liued two men Pusion and Secundila, of which, either of them had x. feete or more in length, and theyr bones are in the Ossary [Sp. Ossario] of the Salustians.

1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall iii. 37 The earth had confounded the ashes of these Ossuaries.

1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Ossuary, a Charnel-house or place where Dead-mens bones are kept.

1832 G. Downes Lett. from Continental Countries I. 155 The church and castle occupy the same elevated site. Annexed to the former is a well-filled ossuary, or bone-house.

1878 J. Lubbock Prehist. Times (ed. 4) v. 139 These chambered long barrows may have served as ossuaries.

1896 Times 19 Mar. 3/6 Conveyed to an ossuary specially constructed in the new cemetery.

1899 S. Baring-Gould Bk. of West I. x. 167 The dolmen..was the family or tribal ossuary.

1928 D. Randall-MacIver Italy before Romans v. 73 Villanovan helmets and girdles and Villanovan ossuaries..may be seen side by side with Hallstatt swords.

1971 World Archeol. 3 206 Vessels of this type..found use not only as ossuaries but were also used for more mundane purposes.

1990 Independent 31 Jan. 13/2 The graveyard had been redug and the bones moved to an ossuary.

2. In extended use. A cave, pit, or similar repository containing a mass of bones.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > formations by contents > [noun] > containing fossils > deposit of bones

ossuarya1861

osite1865

a1861 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. (1864) III. 329 Bringing the ossuary of the Kirkdale Cave within the period even of the last population of the wolds.

1862 R. H. Patterson Ess. Hist. & Art 116 The caves and ossuaries of Franconia and Upper Saxony.

1977 H. Innes Big Footprints i. i. 31 An ossuary of wildlife, a charnelhouse of..a quarter of a million beasts.

1986 Independent 7 Oct. 13 Those recollections of the Great War which grant primacy to football games in no-man's-land and erase..the carnage and the..ossuaries.

3. figurative. That in which relics of the dead past are preserved; a mental or spiritual charnel house.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > record > memorial or monument > [noun] > others

ossuary1872

palimpsest1876

war memorial1912

field monument1923

time capsule1938

1872 O. W. Holmes Poet at Breakfast-table vi. 198 I love to go to his ossuary of dead transactions, as I would visit the catacombs of Rome or Paris.

1991 T. Mo Redundancy of Courage 402 But in the meantime I had no interest in remaining, not in what I found an ossuary of the spirit.

Compounds

General attributive, as ossuary chapel, ossuary chest, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > receptacle for remains > [adjective] > receptacle for bones

ossuary1857

1857 G. J. Wigley tr. St. Charles Borromeo Instr. Eccl. Building xxvii. §5 This ossuary place or charnel house.

1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany iv. 40 Charnel-houses or ossuary chapels.

1901 A. J. Evans Mycenaean Tree & Pillar Cult 77 In a chambered tomb at Milato..was a painted clay ossuary chest or larnax of the usual Cretan type.

1991 J. Litten Eng. Way of Death 88 Very little has survived..apart from a late fourteenth-century rectangular oak coffin..at Norwich, and a c.1500 ossuary chest in Winchester Cathedral.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ossuary
释义	ossuaryn. Brit. /ˈɒsjʊəri/, U.S. /ˈɑʃəˌwɛri/, /ˈɑs(j)əˌwɛri/ Forms: 1600s ossary, 1600s– ossuary. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ossuārium. Etymology: < classical Latin ossuārium ossuarium n.; compare -ary suffix¹.Originally, in form ossary, via Spanish ossario (1575 in the passage translated in quot. 1600 at sense 1). 1. A receptacle (as an urn, vault, etc.) for the bones of the dead; a charnel house. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > receptacle for remains > [noun] > receptacle for bones ossuary1600 ossuarium1765 osteophagus1895 the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > burial-chamber > [noun] > repository or ossuary bone houseOE charnel1430 carnarya1552 charnel house1556 ossuary1600 golgotha1604 repository?1639 conditory1706 ossuarium1765 reposit1792 skullery1818 1600 L. Lewkenor tr. A. de Torquemada Spanish Mandeuile i. f. 21^v In the time of Aug. Caesar, saith he [sc. Solinus], there liued two men Pusion and Secundila, of which, either of them had x. feete or more in length, and theyr bones are in the Ossary [Sp. Ossario] of the Salustians. 1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall iii. 37 The earth had confounded the ashes of these Ossuaries. 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Ossuary, a Charnel-house or place where Dead-mens bones are kept. 1832 G. Downes Lett. from Continental Countries I. 155 The church and castle occupy the same elevated site. Annexed to the former is a well-filled ossuary, or bone-house. 1878 J. Lubbock Prehist. Times (ed. 4) v. 139 These chambered long barrows may have served as ossuaries. 1896 Times 19 Mar. 3/6 Conveyed to an ossuary specially constructed in the new cemetery. 1899 S. Baring-Gould Bk. of West I. x. 167 The dolmen..was the family or tribal ossuary. 1928 D. Randall-MacIver Italy before Romans v. 73 Villanovan helmets and girdles and Villanovan ossuaries..may be seen side by side with Hallstatt swords. 1971 World Archeol. 3 206 Vessels of this type..found use not only as ossuaries but were also used for more mundane purposes. 1990 Independent 31 Jan. 13/2 The graveyard had been redug and the bones moved to an ossuary. 2. In extended use. A cave, pit, or similar repository containing a mass of bones. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > formations by contents > [noun] > containing fossils > deposit of bones ossuarya1861 osite1865 a1861 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. (1864) III. 329 Bringing the ossuary of the Kirkdale Cave within the period even of the last population of the wolds. 1862 R. H. Patterson Ess. Hist. & Art 116 The caves and ossuaries of Franconia and Upper Saxony. 1977 H. Innes Big Footprints i. i. 31 An ossuary of wildlife, a charnelhouse of..a quarter of a million beasts. 1986 Independent 7 Oct. 13 Those recollections of the Great War which grant primacy to football games in no-man's-land and erase..the carnage and the..ossuaries. 3. figurative. That in which relics of the dead past are preserved; a mental or spiritual charnel house. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > memorial or monument > [noun] > others ossuary1872 palimpsest1876 war memorial1912 field monument1923 time capsule1938 1872 O. W. Holmes Poet at Breakfast-table vi. 198 I love to go to his ossuary of dead transactions, as I would visit the catacombs of Rome or Paris. 1991 T. Mo Redundancy of Courage 402 But in the meantime I had no interest in remaining, not in what I found an ossuary of the spirit. Compounds General attributive, as ossuary chapel, ossuary chest, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > receptacle for remains > [adjective] > receptacle for bones ossuary1857 1857 G. J. Wigley tr. St. Charles Borromeo Instr. Eccl. Building xxvii. §5 This ossuary place or charnel house. 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany iv. 40 Charnel-houses or ossuary chapels. 1901 A. J. Evans Mycenaean Tree & Pillar Cult 77 In a chambered tomb at Milato..was a painted clay ossuary chest or larnax of the usual Cretan type. 1991 J. Litten Eng. Way of Death 88 Very little has survived..apart from a late fourteenth-century rectangular oak coffin..at Norwich, and a c.1500 ossuary chest in Winchester Cathedral. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1600
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