Another word for ossuary | Synonyms for ossuary

Another word for ossuary

noun

A burial place or receptacle for human remains:

catacomb, cinerarium, crypt, grave¹, mausoleum, sepulcher, sepulture, tomb, vault¹. See keep, place

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Those that have been mentioned seem to have been sanctuaries (some of them in part dwelling-places), but Halsaflieni was an enormous ossuary, of which others may have existed in other parts of the island; for the numerous rock-cut tombs which are everywhere to be seen belong to the Phoenician and Roman periods.

WORDS NEAR ossuary IN THE THESAURUS

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