columbarium — meaning in English
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English meaning
- columbarium noun A columbary, especially a large and architecturally impressive one for housing a large colony of pigeons or doves, such as those in ancien régime France.
Senses
columbarium is used for these senses in English:
- columbarium A building, a vault or a similar place for the respectful and usually public storage of cinerary urns containing cremated remains.
columbarium — full definition
- noun A columbary, especially a large and architecturally impressive one for housing a large colony of pigeons or doves, such as those in ancien régime France.
- noun A pigeonhole in such a dovecote.
- noun A building, a vault or a similar place for the respectful and usually public storage of cinerary urns containing cremated remains.
- noun A niche in such a building for housing urns.