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ossuary

[ UK /ˈɒsjuːəɹˌi/ ]
NOUN
  1. any receptacle for the burial of human bones

How To Use ossuary In A Sentence

  • He believes that there's a distinct possibility this is the real ossuary of James, although he admits that the current evidence would not hold up in court.
  • The ossuary was a white building with its lower windows blacked out. The Warrior
  • Three to seven years after burial, the bones of the deceased are exhumed and placed in a family vault or a communal ossuary.
  • Eisenman also called the existence of Jesus "a very shaky thing" and said that the ossuary find was "too pat.
  • The ossuary inside the sanctuary is square with a vaulted ceiling.
  • An ossuary is a small stone receptacle built to hold the bones of family members. God is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu …
  • In the case of the James ossuary, there would have indeed been room on the front, yet the scribe elected to carve the inscription on the back.
  • André Lemaire, the Sorbonne epigrapher, continues to strongly defend the authenticity of the inscription and has offered detailed responses to the ossuary detractors. The Jesus Dynasty
  • Just hours before it was due to be unveiled to the media, the museum admitted that the ossuary had been seriously damaged in transit, creating cracks that would require its conservators' closest attention.
  • Jacob, Joseph, and Jesus were common enough names in first-century Israel, so there could easily have been a number of people whose genealogy matched that on the alleged ossuary of James.
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