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单词 columbarium
释义

columbarium

noun

col·​um·​bar·​i·​um ˌkä-ləm-ˈber-ē-əm How to pronounce columbarium (audio)
plural columbaria ˌkä-ləm-ˈber-ē-ə How to pronounce columbarium (audio)
1
: a structure of vaults lined with recesses for cinerary urns
2
: a recess in a columbarium

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web After the service, the MIAP veterans were placed in the columbarium court, where cremated remains rest in the cemetery. Ayana Hamilton, The Arizona Republic, 1 Sep. 2022 His life will be celebrated at 1 p.m. on Friday at the Los Angeles National Cemetery columbarium, followed by a mass at 2:15 p.m. at St. Charles. Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Aug. 2022 The veterans’ ashes will be laid to rest in a columbarium that will house the urns and display a veteran plaque to honor their service to their country. Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2022 After very lengthy inter-planetary orbits, the Centaur and its payload, including Dr. Chapman’s ashes, will become the first extra-terrestrial columbarium to forever orbit the sun. Paul Smith-goodson, Forbes, 16 June 2022 Another 1,000 poppies will be placed throughout the cemetery and columbarium. David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 30 May 2022 The owners converted the structure, which has been brutalized for a century and a half by crashing waves, into the Eternity At Sea columbarium. CBS News, 29 Mar. 2022 About 30 funeral urns were interred there before the columbarium's license wasn't renewed in 1999 by the Oregon Mortuary and Cemetery Board. CBS News, 29 Mar. 2022 Wilson’s ashes have been interred with those of his wife in the columbarium at First United Methodist Church of San Diego, where the family is planning a celebration of life service sometime in April. San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Feb. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Latin, literally, dovecote, from columba dove

First Known Use

1846, in the meaning defined at sense 1

columbarium

noun

as in mausoleum

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • mausoleum
  • crypt
  • catacomb
  • cemetery
  • vault
  • tomb
  • sepulcher
  • charnel
  • burial
  • sepulchre
  • graveyard
  • grave
  • sepulture
  • charnel house
  • churchyard
  • tumulus
  • mound
  • potter's field
  • barrow
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