Look up: Columbarium

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   columbarium
   In medieval churches, the baldachin (canopy over an altar) beneath which was suspended the hanging pyx (container for sacramental wafers). The latter was frequently in the form of a dove. ...
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   columbarium
   Roman sepulchral chamber. Columbaria were so called because they resembled large dovecotes. They were usually rectangular structures built around open courtyards and lined with niches in which urns...
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   columbarium
   A dovecote. Also used to describe a sepulchral chamber containing cremation urns.
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   Columbarium
   Col`um·ba'ri·um noun ; plural Latin Columbaria [ Latin See Columbary .] (Rom. Antiq.) (a) A dovecote or pigeon house. (b) A sepulchral chamber with niches for holding cinerary urns.
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   columbarium
   noun a sepulchral vault or other structure having recesses in the walls to receive cinerary urns
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   columbarium
   noun a niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead
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   Columbarium
   A `columbarium` (plural `columbaria` or `columbariums`) is a place for the respectful and usually public storage of cinerary urns (i.e. urns holding a deceased`s cremated remains). The term comes from the Latin `columba` (dove) and originally referred to compartmentalized housing for doves and pigeons; see Dovecote. The Columbarium of Pomponius Hylas is a particularly fine ancient Roman example, on the Via Appia, rich in frescoes, decorations an...
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   Columbarium
   • (n.) A dovecote or pigeon house. • (n.) A sepulchral chamber with niches for holding cinerary urns.
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   columbarium
   sepulchral building containing many small niches for cinerary urns. The term is derived from the Latin columba (`dove,` or `pigeon`), and it ... [1 related articles]
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    columbarium
    columbarium (s), columbaria (pl) 1. From Latin, columba, dove (pigeon); then it came to mean 'a sepurchre for urns' and a 'dovecote'. 2. Also known as a columbary, a vault with nitches for urns containing ashes of the dead; a niche in such a vault. 3. A dovecote, or a pigeonhole in a dovecote (or dovecot), is a roost for domesticated pigeons.
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