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Ossuary vs Crypt - What's the difference?

ossuary | crypt |

As nouns the difference between ossuary and crypt

is that ossuary is a container, receptacle, or building, such as an urn or vault, for holding the bones of the dead while crypt is an underground vault, especially one beneath a church that is used as a burial place.

ossuary

English

(wikipedia ossuary)

Noun

(ossuaries)
  • A container, receptacle, or building, such as an urn or vault, for holding the bones of the dead.

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    crypt

    English

    (wikipedia crypt)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An underground vault, especially one beneath a church that is used as a burial place.
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  • (anatomy) A small pit or cavity in the body

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    * encrypt (slang)