English Explanatory Dictionary

ossilegium

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The collection of the bones of a dead person, after decomposition of the soft tissue, for placement in an ossuary

Word forms

ossilegium

Etymology

From Latin os (“bone”) + legō (“to pick, select, gather”).

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