columbarium.
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.
Meaning & usage
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.
A pigeonhole in such a dovecote.
A building, a vault or a similar place for the respectful and usually public storage of cinerary urns containing cremated remains.
A niche in such a building for housing urns.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin columbārium, from columba (“pigeon”) + -ārium (“place for”).
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