Get to know Ossuary better with 5 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like receptacle.
Ossuary in a sentence
Ossuary meaning
A container, receptacle, or building, such as an urn or vault, for holding the bones of the dead.
Synonyms of Ossuary
Using Ossuary
- The main meaning on this page is: A container, receptacle, or building, such as an urn or vault, for holding the bones of the dead.
- Useful related words include: receptacle.
- In the example corpus, ossuary often appears in combinations such as: an ossuary.
Context around Ossuary
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ossuary
- In this selection, "ossuary" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, james, may, purportedly and located stand out and add context to how "ossuary" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include g an ossuary located south and inspect an ossuary at the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ossuary" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ossuary
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Workers inspect an ossuary at the Teutonic Cemetery at the Vatican in this July 20, 2019, file photo. (18 words)
The ossuary also displays two large bone chalices, four baroque bone candelabras, enormous bone pyramids, skull candleholders and many other carefully structured arrangements. (23 words)
A 2015 study was set out to really see whether the James Ossuary may have come from a tomb believed to belong to Jesus' family. (25 words)
Paleopathological analysis demonstrated that leprosy and tuberculosis were present at Harappa, with the highest prevalence of both disease and trauma present in the skeletons from Area G (an ossuary located south-east of the city walls). (36 words)
A 2015 study was set out to really see whether the James Ossuary may have come from a tomb believed to belong to Jesus' family. (25 words)
Cuauhtemoc's bones sidebar The modern-day town of Ixcateopan in the state of Guerrero is home to an ossuary purportedly containing Cuauhtémoc's remains. (25 words)
Example sentences (5)
Workers inspect an ossuary at the Teutonic Cemetery at the Vatican in this July 20, 2019, file photo.
A 2015 study was set out to really see whether the James Ossuary may have come from a tomb believed to belong to Jesus' family.
The ossuary also displays two large bone chalices, four baroque bone candelabras, enormous bone pyramids, skull candleholders and many other carefully structured arrangements.
Cuauhtemoc's bones sidebar The modern-day town of Ixcateopan in the state of Guerrero is home to an ossuary purportedly containing Cuauhtémoc's remains.
Paleopathological analysis demonstrated that leprosy and tuberculosis were present at Harappa, with the highest prevalence of both disease and trauma present in the skeletons from Area G (an ossuary located south-east of the city walls).
Common combinations with ossuary
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- an ossuary 3×