Noun: columbarium (columbaria,columbariums) ,kó-lum'beh-ree-um
- A sepulchral vault or other structure having recesses in the walls to receive cinerary urns
"The family visited the columbarium to pay respects to their departed loved one"
- A niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead
"The family placed the urn in the columbarium at the memorial garden";
- cinerarium
- A birdhouse for pigeons
"The old estate had a beautiful stone columbarium in the garden";
- dovecote, columbary, dovecot
Derived forms: columbariums, columbaria
Type of: birdhouse, burial vault, niche, recess, vault
Encyclopedia: Columbarium