COLUMBARIUM


Meaning of COLUMBARIUM in English

/kol'euhm bair"ee euhm/ , n. , pl. columbaria /-bair"ee euh/ .

1. a sepulchral vault or other structure with recesses in the walls to receive the ashes of the dead.

2. any one of these recesses.

3. columbary.

[ 1840-50; columb ( a ) pigeon, dove + -arium -ARY ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .