Defenition of the word columbarium
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Defenition of the word columbarium
- A place where cinerary urns are stored.
- A large, sometimes architecturally impressive building for housing a large colony of pigeons.
- a shelter for birds (especially pigeons)
- a sepulchral vault or other structure having recesses in the walls to receive cinerary urns
- a niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead
- a birdhouse for pigeons
Synonyms for the word columbarium
Hypernyms for the word columbarium
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- birdhouse
- burial vault
- niche
- recess
- shelter
- vault
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