Definitions for ossuaries

ossuaries os·su·ar·y

Spelling: [osh-oo-er-ee, os-]
IPA: /ˈɒʃ uˌɛr i, ˈɒs-/

Ossuaries is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 297 anagrams from letters in ossuaries (aeiorsssu).

Definitions for ossuaries

noun

  1. a place or receptacle for the bones of the dead.
  2. a place or receptacle for the bones of the dead.

Origin of ossuaries

1650-60; Late Latin ossuārium, variant of ossārium, equivalent to oss- (stem of os) bone + -ārium -ary

Examples for ossuaries

The French cemetery at Notre Dame de Lorette has 20,000 named graves and an ossuary with 20,000 unknown dead.

I love to go to his ossuary of dead transactions, as I would visit the catacombs of Rome or Paris.

After a time the body is taken up, the bones cleaned, and deposited in an ossuary called the Quiogozon.

ossuary, os′ū-ar-i, n. a place where the bones of the dead are deposited: a charnel-house.

Bonaparte stopped near the ossuary, and desired to be shown the spot where the battle of Morat was fought.

The Magdalenians have passed through this ossuary and have drawn out all the canine teeth to make ornaments of them.

ossuary, os′ū-ar-i, n. a place where the bones of the dead are deposited: a charnel-house.

The Magdalenians have passed through this ossuary and have drawn out all the canine teeth to make ornaments of them.

After a time the body is taken up, the bones cleaned, and deposited in an ossuary called the Quiogozon.

The French cemetery at Notre Dame de Lorette has 20,000 named graves and an ossuary with 20,000 unknown dead.

I love to go to his ossuary of dead transactions, as I would visit the catacombs of Rome or Paris.

Bonaparte stopped near the ossuary, and desired to be shown the spot where the battle of Morat was fought.

Word Value for ossuaries
Scrable

10

Words with friends

10

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