单词 | ossuarium |
释义 | ossuariumn. Now rare. A receptacle or repository for the bones of the dead; = ossuary n. 1. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > receptacle for remains > [noun] > receptacle for bones ossuary1600 ossuarium1765 osteophagus1895 the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > burial-chamber > [noun] > repository or ossuary bone houseOE charnel1430 carnarya1552 charnel house1556 ossuary1600 golgotha1604 repository?1639 conditory1706 ossuarium1765 reposit1792 skullery1818 1765 H. Walpole Let. 26 May in Corr. (1941) X. 155 I will not place an ossuarium in my garden for my cat, before her bones are ready to be placed in it. 1857 S. Birch Hist. Anc. Pottery (1858) I. 293 A remarkable vase..found..in a tomb near the Piraeus, resembles in shape the glass ossuaria of the Romans. 1897 Proc. Royal Soc. 1896–7 60 490 For example, a quantity of bones are taken from an ossuarium, and are put together in groups. 1930 G. L. Robinson Sarcophagus Anc. Civilization 98 Petra..thought it [sc. a monument] might be an ossuarium; that is, a place where the bones of the dead were deposited after being wrapped in cloth. 1972 Times Lit. Suppl. 31 Mar. 354/3 That scholarly ossuarium, PMLA. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1765 |
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