Definition of "ossuaries" []

• Plural form of ossuary. (noun)

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• "BEN WEDEMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): These simple stone boxes known as ossuaries are at the heart of the controversy, the subject of the documentary, "The Lost Tomb of Jesus.""
• "WEDEMAN (voice over): These simple stone boxes know as ossuaries are at the heart of the controversy, the subject of the documentary, "The Lost Tomb of Jesus"."
• "Most pantheons had smaller niches called ossuaries, where the bones taken from the graves would be collected."