1. a container or room for the bones of dead people

Examples

• The ancient ossuary contained the remains of hundreds of individuals.
• Archaeologists discovered a Roman ossuary beneath the church.
• The monastery’s ossuary displayed skulls and bones along the walls.
• Visitors can tour the famous ossuary in the catacombs of Paris.
• The small stone ossuary was inscribed with Hebrew text.
• Medieval churches often had an ossuary to store exhumed remains.