ossuary

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Those concepts interlace in his ossuary, enlivened when he plays his tenderly kept records, remnants of human joy all but lost to a Rage pestilence.

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026

But Southern California has always been an ossuary of failed publications done in by apathetic readership, clueless owners or a combination of both.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2024

He was buried in a specially designed crypt in the cathedral which he commissioned that will be the resting place of all future archbishops after the remains of their predecessors are transferred to an ossuary.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 12, 2022

I approach Place Denfert-Rochereau, where, if inclined, one can drop into the Paris Catacombs, the underground ossuary housing the bones of some 6 million souls.

From Washington Post • Jan. 7, 2022

The dead were cremated and the ashes deposited in ossuary urns, which were laid side by side in the burial places.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly