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col·um·bar·i·um       [kol-uhm-bair-ee-uhm] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -bar·i·a       [-bair-ee-uh] Pronunciation Key.
1.a sepulchral vault or other structure with recesses in the walls to receive the ashes of the dead.
2.any one of these recesses.
3.columbary.
[Origin: 1840–50; < L: lit., a nesting box for pigeons, equiv. to columb(a) pigeon, dove + -ārium -ary]
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col·um·bar·i·um       (kŏl'əm-bâr'ē-əm)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. col·um·bar·i·a (-ē-ə) also col·um·bar·ies
    1. A vault with niches for urns containing ashes of the dead.
    2. One of the niches in such a vault.
    3. A dovecote.
    4. A pigeonhole in a dovecote.
    1. A dovecote.
    2. A pigeonhole in a dovecote.


[Latin columbārium, sepulchre for urns, dovecote, from columba, dove.]

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columbarium

noun
1. a birdhouse for pigeons [syn: dovecote] 
2. a niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead 
3. a sepulchral vault or other structure having recesses in the walls to receive cinerary urns 

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Columbarium

Col`um*ba"ri*um\, n.; pl. L. Columbaria [L. See Columbary.] (Rom. Antiq.) (a) A dovecote or pigeon house. (b) A sepulchral chamber with niches for holding cinerary urns.

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