columbarium
noun pl. columbaria
- ☆ a vault with niches for urns containing the ashes of cremated bodies
- such a niche
See columbarium in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(kŏlˌəm-bârˈē-əm) also col·um·bar·y (kŏlˈəm-bĕrˌē)
noun pl. col·um·bar·i·a (-ē-ə) also
col·um·bar·ies a. A vault with niches for urns containing ashes of the dead.
b. One of the niches in such a vault.
a. A dovecote.
b. A pigeonhole in a dovecote.
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