columbarium
[ kol-uhm-bair-ee-uhm ]
/ ˌkɒl əmˈbɛər i əm /
noun, plural col·um·bar·i·a [kol-uhm-bair-ee-uh]. /ˌkɒl əmˈbɛər i ə/.
a sepulchral vault or other structure with recesses in the walls to receive the ashes of the dead.
any one of these recesses.
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Origin of columbarium
1840–50; <Latin: literally, a nesting box for pigeons, equivalent to columb(a) pigeon, dove + -ārium-ary
Words nearby columbarium
colubrid, colubrine, colugo, Colum, Columba, columbarium, columbary, columbate, Columbia, Columbia Heights, Columbia Mental Maturity scale
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British Dictionary definitions for columbarium
columbarium
/ (ˌkɒləmˈbɛərɪəm) /
noun plural -ia (-ɪə)
another name for a dovecote
a vault having niches for funeral urns
a hole in a wall into which a beam is inserted
Word Origin for columbarium
C18: from Latin, from columba dove
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