cinerary

[ sin-uh-rer-ee ]

/ ˈsɪn əˌrɛr i /

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adjective

holding or intended for ashes, especially the ashes of cremated bodies: a cinerary urn.

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Origin of cinerary

1740–50; <New Latin cinerārius;see cineraria

Figs. 185 and 186 represent the one-handled cinerary urns peculiar to the Bronze Age in Italy.
The Swastika|Thomas Wilson
According to early Spanish accounts cinerary urns were found imbedded in the capitals.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 6|Various
From the quarry near Volterra the Etruscans obtained the alabaster for their cinerary urns.
Roman Mosaics|Hugh Macmillan
We give above a specimen of the highest class of cinerary urns.
An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800|Mary Frances Cusack

It may have originally stood on the cinerary base in the courtyard of the Palazzo dei Conservatori.
Rambles in Rome|S. Russell Forbes