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Noun
/ˌkäləmˈbe(ə)rēəm/,
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columbariums, plural; columbaria, plural;
  1. A room or building with niches for funeral urns to be stored

  2. A niche to hold a funeral urn

  3. A stone wall or walk within a garden for burial of funeral urns, esp. attached to a church

  1. dovecote: a birdhouse for pigeons
  2. a niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead
  3. a sepulchral vault or other structure having recesses in the walls to receive cinerary urns
  4. A columbarium is a place for the respectful and usually public storage of cinerary urns (i.e., urns holding a deceased’s cremated remains). The term comes from the Latin columba (dove) and originally referred to compartmentalized housing for doves and pigeons; see dovecote.
  5. Columbarium is a genus of deepwater sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Turbinellidae, the pagoda shells.
  6. (Columbaria) resting places for the ashes of members of the collegia funeraticia.
  7. A building, room or space often located within a mausoleum containing niches or recesses to hold cremated remains. A recent trend sees columbarium located in outside areas surrounded by gardens, fountains, ponds, etc.
  8. A type of outer container with spaces for storing urns containing ashes or cremains.
  9. A structure of vaults lined with recesses for urns containing cremated remains.
  10. A building or part of a building containing niches designed to hold and memorialize cremated remains.
  11. A vault with niches for urns containing the ashes of those who have been cremated, or one of the niches themselves. Also a raised structure with compartments for domesticated pigeons.
  12. A structure with niches (small spaces) for placing cremated remains in urns or other approved containers. It may be outdoors or part of a mausoleum.
  13. A durable, fireproof structure, or a room or other space in a durable, fireproof structure, containing niches and used or intended to be used to contain cremated remains. Health & Safety Code 711.001(5).
  14. A structure with recessed cavities for storage of ashes of those cremated.
  15. The word comes from the Latin "columba" for dovecote and is used for a building or partly enclosed shelter where cremated remains are stored.
  16. A structure or arrangement of niches, either inside or outside with solid (granite or marble) or glass fronts, for in inurnment of cremated remains. Some niches are designed to accommodate two cremation urns. See Niche. ...
  17. a wall that is used to house cremated remains. A columbarium can be freestanding, or located within a chapel or mausoleum.
  18. similar to a mausoleum, a columbarium is an above ground structure that is used for the interment of urns. ...
  19. a building designed to hold urs containing cremated remains. This can be a small area in your house if you have multiple pets. Maybe a cabinet dedicated in their honor.
  20. A building with multiple small spaces referred to as “niches.” Each niche can hold an urn containing an individual’s cremains (ashes).
  21. A niche for a sepulchral urn; or a recess in a wall to receive the end of a rafter.
  22. A building lined with shelves or recesses for the placement of cremation urns.
  23. A columbarium was originally a dovecote. Modern morticians gave the name to a building with hundreds of little niches in the wall for urns holding cremated remains.
  24. a structure above-ground which accommodates cremated remains.
  25. A granite wall for inurnment of cremated remains.