ossuary
ossuary — 名詞
- ossuarysingular
- ossuariesplural
1. a container, room, or building used for holding human bones, especially after mo
藏骨堂
存放人類骨骸的容器或處所
a container, room, or building used for holding human bones, especially after moving them from an earlier grave to free up space in a cemetery
Dr. Hamza uncovered a first-century ossuary carved with floral patterns during the excavation near Jericho.
Hamza 博士在耶利哥附近的挖掘過程中，發現了一個刻有花卉圖案的公元一世紀藏骨堂。
archaeological context: first-century ossuary with carvings
Tuan showed his students how the catacomb ossuary held thousands of early Christian remains.
Tuan 向學生們展示地下墓穴中的藏骨堂如何存放了數千名早期基督徒的遺骨。
collocation: catacomb ossuary
Workers moved old skeletons to the ossuary behind the church to free up burial space.
墓園工人將舊的骨骸移至教堂後方的石造藏骨堂，以騰出新的埋葬空間。
Min studied the Aramaic inscription on a limestone ossuary displayed at the national museum.
Min 仔細研究了國家博物館展出的石灰岩藏骨箱上的亞蘭文銘文。
Mateo carefully numbered each bone fragment as the team removed it from the ancient ossuary.
Mateo 小心翼翼地為每一塊從古代藏骨堂取出的骨碎片編號。
- charnel house
broader term — refers to any building where corpses or bones are stored, not just bones alone; more common in historical writing about medieval Europe
- bone vault
less formal than ossuary; describes the same concept in plainer language, often used in tour guides or popular history
- columbarium
a room or building with niches for funeral urns — specifically holds cremated ashes, not whole bones
文法句型
countable
用法筆記
Countable noun. An ossuary may refer to anything from a small box to an entire room or building. The term is not used for cremation urns (which are called 'cinerary urns' or 'columbaria').