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单词 columbarium
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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 columbarium

1840–50; <Latin: literally, a nesting box for pigeons, equivalent to columb(a) pigeon, dove + -ārium-ary

Words nearby columbarium

colubrid, colubrine, colugo, Colum, Columba, columbarium, columbary, columbate, Columbia, Columbia Heights, Columbia Mental Maturity scale
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British Dictionary definitions for columbarium

columbarium
/ (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 columbarium

C18: from Latin, from columba dove
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