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col⋅um⋅bar⋅i⋅um

  [kol-uhm-bair-ee-uhm]
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–noun, plural -bar⋅i⋅a  [-bair-ee-uh] .
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⋅y

  [kol-uhm-ber-ee]
–noun, plural -bar⋅ies.
a dovecote or pigeon house.
Also, columbarium.

Origin:
1540–50; see columbarium
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col·um·bar·i·um   (kŏl'əm-bâr'ē-əm)   
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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