納骨堂 — 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.
- crypt noun An underground chamber, especially one beneath a church used for burials.
Senses
納骨堂 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.
- crypt An underground vault.
- ossuary A container, receptacle, or building, such as an urn or vault, for holding the bones of the dead.
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.
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