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Definition of Columbaries
1. columbary [n] - See also: columbary
Lexicographical Neighbors of Columbaries
Literary usage of Columbaries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1855)
"... I frequently observed similar earthenware protrusions from the eaves and
gable-ends of houses, which were used as columbaries ; and, if I mistake not, ..."
2. Sir Thomas Browne's Works: Including His Life and Correspondence by Thomas Browne, Simon Wilkin (1835)
"For, that it containeth very much salt, as besides the effects before expressed,
is discern- able by taste, and the earth of columbaries or dove-houses, ..."
3. Lettering in Ornament: An Enquiry Into the Decorative Use of Lettering, Past by Lewis Foreman Day (1902)
"... together with Sketches, Measured Drawings, and Photographs of Gates, Terraces,
Balustrades, Steps, Garden Rooms and Summer Houses, Bridges, columbaries, ..."
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