单词 | columbarium |
释义 | columbarium[ kol-uhm-bair-ee-uhm ] / ˌkɒl əmˈbɛər i əm / noun, plural col·um·bar·i·a [kol-uhm-bair-ee-uh]. /ˌkɒl əmˈbɛər i ə/.a sepulchral vault or other structure with recesses in the walls to receive the ashes of the dead. any one of these recesses. columbary. Origin of columbarium1840–50; <Latin: literally, a nesting box for pigeons, equivalent to columb(a) pigeon, dove + -ārium-ary Words nearby columbariumcolubrid, colubrine, colugo, Colum, Columba, columbarium, columbary, columbate, Columbia, Columbia Heights, Columbia Mental Maturity scale Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for columbariumBritish Dictionary definitions for columbariumcolumbarium / (ˌkɒləmˈbɛərɪəm) / noun plural -ia (-ɪə)another name for a dovecote a vault having niches for funeral urns a hole in a wall into which a beam is inserted Word Origin for columbariumC18: from Latin, from columba dove Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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