Definitions for "Ossuary"
Keywords:  burial, dead, charnel, tomb, urn
A place where the bones of the dead are deposited; a charnel house.
a "bone box," a depository for the bones of the dead. According to Jewish burial practices in the land of Israel at the time of Jesus, the bones of the deceased were collected one year after an initial interment and reinterred in a small container usually carved from stone. Ossuaries were generally decorated with geometric or other designs, and often inscribed with the name(s) of the deceased. Sometimes the bones of several members of the same family were collected and placed in the same ossuary. The average size of these boxes was 50 cm. long, 30 cm. wide and 30 cm. high. About nine hundred ossuaries have been found in the vicinity of Jerusalem alone.
any place set aside for the bones of the dead
Ossuary is a death metal band from Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania in the United States. Originally formed in 1990, the band produced 6 recordings under an ever changing array of contributing musicians until the time of break up. The unique sound produced by Ossuary can be attributed to the use of time tested metal standards such as thunderous baselines and drum beats, coupled with an eclectic guitar tuning style and layered vocalizations techniques incorporating a number of singers.
a special compartment for the keeping of skeletal remains and/or ashes
An ossuary is a chest, building, well, or site made to serve as the final resting place of human skeletal remains.