ossuary
place like a building, well, or site made to serve as the final resting place of human skeletal remains
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Summary
ossuary ranks in the top 0.7% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,725 views/month, #545 of 77,819).[1]
Key Facts
- ossuary is a type of funerary structure[2].
- ossuary is a type of funeral building[3].
- ossuary's Commons category is recorded as Ossuaries[4].
- ossuary's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ossuaries[5].
- ossuary's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[6].
- ossuary's different from is recorded as columbarium[7].
- ossuary's different from is recorded as ossarium[8].
- ossuary's Wikidata usage instructions is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'For funerary containers like chests or boxes use "ossuary (Q56612266) ".'}[9].
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Definition and Type
Recorded subclass of include funerary structure[2] and funeral building[3].
Why It Matters
ossuary ranks in the top 0.7% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,725 views/month, #545 of 77,819).[1] ossuary has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] ossuary is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]