ossuarius

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ossŭārĭus, a, um, adj. [2. os],

I of or for bones , bone- (post-class.): OLLA OSSVARIA, a vase to contain the bones of a corpse , a bone-urn , Inscr. Orell. 2896.—

II Subst.: ossŭārĭum (also written ossārĭum ), ii, n., a receptacle for the bones of the dead , a bone-vault , charnel-house , Dig. 47, 12, 2; Inscr. Orell. 4511; 4556.