ossuary
(noun)
A container or receptacle, such as an urn or vault, for holding the bones of the dead.
Examples of ossuary in the following topics:
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Funerary Art
- Although mass ossuaries have also been used, burial has always been the preferred Christian tradition, at least until recent times.
- As cities became more crowded, bones were sometimes placed in ossuaries where they might be arranged for artistic effect, as at the Czech Sedlec Ossuary, which has a chandelier made of skulls and bones .
- The Sedlec Ossuary, located in the Czech Republic, contains a chandelier that is constructed entirely of bones, with skulls interspersed.