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Columbarium Definition & Meaning

columbarium
noun
  1. 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

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What does columbarium mean?
a birdhouse for pigeons a niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead a sepulchral vault or other structure having recesses in the walls to receive cinerary urns
What part of speech is columbarium?
Columbarium is a noun.
How many definitions does columbarium have?
Columbarium has 3 definitions across 1 part of speech (noun).

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