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Definition of Columbarium

1. Noun. A birdhouse for pigeons.

2. Noun. A niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead.

3. Noun. A sepulchral vault or other structure having recesses in the walls to receive cinerary urns.

Definition of Columbarium

1. n. A dovecote or pigeon house.

Definition of Columbarium

1. Noun. a dovecote; one of the pigeonholes in a dovecote ¹

2. Noun. a large, sometimes architecturally impressive building for housing a large colony of pigeons, particularly those of ''ancien regime'' France. ¹

3. Noun. (context: by extension) a building, a vault or some similar place for the respectful and usually public storage of cinerary urns containing cremated remains, or a niche in such a place ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Columbarium

1. [n -RIA]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Columbarium

coltsfoot coltsfoots coltwood coltwoods colubrid colubrid snake colubridae colubrids colubriform colubrine

colugo colugos columbamine columbaria columbaries columbarium (current term) columbariums columbary columbate columbates

columbia sk virus columbiad columbiads columbian mammoth columbic columbic acid columbiferous columbiform columbiform bird columbine

Literary usage of Columbarium

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. W.M. Dudokby Herman van Bergeijk by Herman van Bergeijk (2001)
"The columbarium consists of two courts. One is horse-shoe- shaped, ... i right page View of the crematorium complex View of the columbarium Sketch and floor ..."

2. The Ruins and Excavations of Ancient Rome: A Companion Book for Students and by Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani (1897)
"... and last columbarium was discovered by Gio. Battista Guidi in May, 1852. The shape of the edifice differs considerably from that of the preceding ones, ..."

3. The Greville Memoirs: A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV. and King by Charles Greville (1875)
"... Mills—The Malaria—Due and Duchesse de Dalberg—The Emperor Nicholas on his Accession—Cardinal Albani—A columbarium—Maii—Sir William Gell—Tivoli—Hadrian's ..."

4. The Ancient Lowly: A History of the Ancient Working People from the Earliest by Cyrenus Osborne Ward (1900)
"... Caligula Began and Claudius Continued the Persecutions—Victims Secretly Organized—Discoveries of De Rossi—Under-ground Rome—The columbarium—Ty- ..."

5. Musical Instruments by Carl Engel (1908)
"WALL PAINTING oí a youth wearing a myrtle wreath and playing on the Doubl« Pipes. Restored in places. Said to have beun found in a columbarium in the Vigna ..."

6. Christian Archæology by Charles Wesley Bennett (1891)
"The Roman columbarium (Fig. 141), so named from 1 For examples on Christian tombs, rp 256. n. 3. .... .,*, / columbarium. ..."

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