Definition of Ossarium

1. ossuary [n -S] - See also: ossuary

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ossarium

osprays
osprey
ospreys
ossa
ossa carpi
ossa clitoridis
ossa cranii
ossa digitorum
ossa faciei
ossa membri inferioris
ossa membri superioris
ossa suturarum
ossa tarsi
ossarium (current term)
ossariums
ossature
ossatures
ossean
osseans
ossein
osseins
ossel hitch
osselet
osselets
osseo-
osseoaponeurotic
osseocarnisanguineoviscericartilaginonervomedullary
osseocartilaginous

Literary usage of Ossarium

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes from the Journal of a Tourist by George Buckham (1890)
"There are said to be the remains of many thousands of friars in the ossarium, of which I have no doubt from its crowded state. After lunch we drove for a ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Beneath the church is the ossarium of the friars. Sis. Cosmos and Damián, Franciscan Tertiaries, is made up of two ancient buildings, the temples of Romulus ..."

3. The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edward Westermarck (1906)
"... m corses are transformed into - ••e to to regarded as an appeal to , of, and swearing L," in G.'ossarium ad ..."

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