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columbarium
[ kol-uhm-bair-ee-uhm ]
noun
, plural col·um·bar·i·a [kol-, uh, m-, bair, -ee-, uh].
- a sepulchral vault or other structure with recesses in the walls to receive the ashes of the dead.
- any one of these recesses.
columbarium
/ ˌkɒləmˈbɛərɪəm /
noun
- another name for a dovecote
- a vault having niches for funeral urns
- a hole in a wall into which a beam is inserted
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Word History and Origins
Origin of columbarium1
1840–50; < Latin: literally, a nesting box for pigeons, equivalent to columb ( a ) pigeon, dove + -ārium -ary
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Word History and Origins
Origin of columbarium1
C18: from Latin, from columba dove
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Example Sentences
Thus they looked somewhat like the little entrances to a pigeon-house, and hence the name of Columbarium.
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As the niche was like a dove's nest in shape, it was called a "columbarium," the whole tomb a "columbaria."
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So as she still sat with shining eyes, dreaming again of that columbarium, I pressed to the next point.
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Columbarium, literally a pigeon-house—a Roman sepulchre built in many compartments.
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I well remember dreaming that I was a disused columbarium which had been converted into a brewery and was used as a greenhouse.
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