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单词 ossuary
释义

ossuary

noun

os·​su·​ary ˈä-shə-ˌwer-ē How to pronounce ossuary (audio)
-syə-,
-sə-
plural ossuaries
: a depository for the bones of the dead

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web It will be returned to the Catacombs Museum in Paris, to join the collections of the ossuary, DHS said. CBS News, 4 Mar. 2022 The ruins include an ossuary holding the bones of nearly 100 people, and archaeologists have been excavating those remains since 2016. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 24 Feb. 2022 The site, known as an ossuary, is the largest in the world, containing the bones of more than six million Parisians. CBS News, 4 Mar. 2022 Enlarge / Selection of flint lithic tools from the El Pendón ossuary: blades, geometric microliths, and arrowheads. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 24 Feb. 2022 The extraordinarily high flames, propelled by strong winds from the south, reached the village’s homes and burned to ashes everything standing in between, including the cemetery’s ossuary. Gaia Pianigiani, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2021 In 1973, an ossuary dating back to the 1st century AD was recovered. Jim Dobson, Forbes, 16 May 2021 The largest ossuary in the world is the network of catacombs beneath Paris, which reportedly house the bones of approximately six million people. Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 29 Feb. 2020 In the 19th century, many churches again emptied their cemeteries and added even more skulls to this vast ossuary. Rick Steves, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2019 See More

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin ossuarium, from Latin, neuter of ossuarius of bones, from Old Latin ossua, plural of oss-, os

First Known Use

1658, in the meaning defined above

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