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1840–50; < Latin: literally, a nesting box for pigeons, equivalent to columb(a) pigeon, dove + -ārium -ary
1840–50; < Latin: literally, a nesting box for pigeons, equivalent to columb(a) pigeon, dove + -ārium -ary
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Columbarium
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| a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells. |
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| columbarium (ˌkɒləmˈbɛərɪəm) | |
| —n , pl -ia | |
| 1. | another name for a dovecote |
| 2. | a vault having niches for funeral urns |
| 3. | a hole in a wall into which a beam is inserted |
| [C18: from Latin, from columba dove] | |
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Word Origin & History
columbarium
"subterranean sepulchre in ancient Roman places with niches for urns holding remains," neut. of L. columbarius, "dove-cote" (so called from resemblance), lit. "pertaining to doves;" from columba "dove." Lit. sense of "dove-cote" is attested from 1881 in Eng.
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columbarium
sepulchral building containing many small niches for cinerary urns. The term is derived from the Latin columba ("dove," or "pigeon"), and it originally referred to a pigeon house or dovecote. It later acquired its more common meaning by association
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