columbarium

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim 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”

2. isim A pigeonhole in such a dovecote.
3. isim A building, a vault or a similar place for the respectful and usually public storage of cinerary urns containing cremated remains.

   “The columbarium (vaults lined with recesses for cinerary urns) in the form of a grotto (a cave-like structure) is the centerpiece of the Elks plot.”

4. isim A niche in such a building for housing urns.