columbarium
A columbary, especially a large and architecturally impressive one for housing a large…A columbary, especially a large and architecturally impressive one for housing a large colony of pigeons or doves, such as those in ancien régime France.
Meaning
4 senses(historical)A columbary, especially a large and architecturally impressive one for housing a large colony of pigeons or doves, such as those in ancien régime France.
Meronym: pigeonhole
Near-synonyms: dovecote, pigeon loft
Taubenhaus, Taubenschlag, Kolumbarium
голубя́тняgolubjátnja
голубни́кholubnýk
A pigeonhole in such a dovecote.
A building, a vault or a similar place for the respectful and usually public storage of cinerary urns containing cremated remains.
Urnenhalle, Kolumbarium, Columbarium
колумба́рийkolumbárij
колумба́рійkolumbárij
a sepulchral vault or other structure having recesses in the walls to receive cinerary urns
A niche in such a building for housing urns.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Latin columbārium, from columba (“pigeon”) + -ārium (“place for”).Borrowed from Latin columbārium, from columba (“pigeon”) + -ārium (“place for”).
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Forms
plural: columbariums / columbaria| Singular | columbarium |
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regular
Synonyms
4 synonyms- a niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead:cinerarium
- a birdhouse for pigeons:dovecotecolumbary
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular