Columbarium Definition

kŏləm-bârē-əm
columbaria, columbaries
noun
A vault with niches for urns containing the ashes of cremated bodies.
Webster's New World
Such a niche.
Webster's New World
A dovecote.
American Heritage
A pigeonhole in a dovecote.
American Heritage
A large, sometimes architecturally impressive building for housing a large colony of pigeons, particularly those of ancien regime France.
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Singular:
columbarium
Plural:
columbaria, columbariums

Origin of Columbarium

  • Latin columbārium sepulchre for urns, dovecote from columba dove

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin columbārium.

    From Wiktionary

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