columbariumn.

/kɒlʌmˈbɛːrɪəm/

Forms: Plural columbaria.

Etymology: Latin (neuter of columbārius : see columbarian n. and -arium suffix), pigeon-house, also urn-sepulchre, mortise, etc.

1. A pigeon-house, dove-cote; a pigeon-hole.

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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > [noun] > keeping or breeding pigeons > pigeon-hole

culver-hole1565

pigeonhole1577

locker1600

locker holea1640

cove1725

columbarium1881

1881 J. Grant Cameronians I. ii. 22 The dove-cot..was built in the form of an enormous beehive..full of columbaria for the pigeons.

a. Roman History. A subterranean sepulchre, having in its walls niches or holes for cinerary urns; also one of these niches or recesses.

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the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > cremation > [noun] > columbarium > in ancient Rome

columbarium1846

the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > cremation > [noun] > columbarium > niche

columbarium1846

1846 C. Maitland Church in Catacombs 39 The niches for these, disposed round the walls and central supports, give the whole chamber the appearance of a dove-cote, whence its name of columbarium.

1859 Ld. Broughton Italy I. 326 Some less illustrious ashes have been preserved..in the columbaria of the two families.

1860 N. Hawthorne Marble Faun II. xxiv. 233 Its unknown dead!..the slumberers..each in his pigeon-hole of a columbaria..without a headstone to mark the spot.

1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 416 Some of the sepulchral chambers..contain as many as ten niches, or columbaria, hewn out of the solid limestone.

b. A similar structure in a modern crematorium.

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the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > cremation > [noun] > columbarium

columbarium1899

1899 N.Y. Herald 27 July Besides the members of the household at Walston the following persons will be admitted to the columbarium.

1923 Harmsworth Househ. Encycl. II. 993/3 Columbarium. This word is used..for the building in which the urns containing the remains of cremated persons are placed.

1948 E. Waugh Loved One 15 Would you require a niche in our columbarium or do you prefer to keep the remains at home?

1963 J. Mitford Amer. Way of Death iii. 141 He is much more likely to end up in a niche and urn in an elaborate ‘columbarium’.

3. A hole left in a wall for the insertion of the end of a beam.

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1864 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. : and in later Dicts.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

单词	columbarium
释义	columbariumn. /kɒlʌmˈbɛːrɪəm/ Forms: Plural columbaria. Etymology: Latin (neuter of columbārius : see columbarian n. and -arium suffix), pigeon-house, also urn-sepulchre, mortise, etc. 1. A pigeon-house, dove-cote; a pigeon-hole. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > [noun] > keeping or breeding pigeons > pigeon-hole culver-hole1565 pigeonhole1577 locker1600 locker holea1640 cove1725 columbarium1881 1881 J. Grant Cameronians I. ii. 22 The dove-cot..was built in the form of an enormous beehive..full of columbaria for the pigeons. 2. a. Roman History. A subterranean sepulchre, having in its walls niches or holes for cinerary urns; also one of these niches or recesses. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > cremation > [noun] > columbarium > in ancient Rome columbarium1846 the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > cremation > [noun] > columbarium > niche columbarium1846 1846 C. Maitland Church in Catacombs 39 The niches for these, disposed round the walls and central supports, give the whole chamber the appearance of a dove-cote, whence its name of columbarium. 1859 Ld. Broughton Italy I. 326 Some less illustrious ashes have been preserved..in the columbaria of the two families. 1860 N. Hawthorne Marble Faun II. xxiv. 233 Its unknown dead!..the slumberers..each in his pigeon-hole of a columbaria..without a headstone to mark the spot. 1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 416 Some of the sepulchral chambers..contain as many as ten niches, or columbaria, hewn out of the solid limestone. b. A similar structure in a modern crematorium. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > cremation > [noun] > columbarium columbarium1899 1899 N.Y. Herald 27 July Besides the members of the household at Walston the following persons will be admitted to the columbarium. 1923 Harmsworth Househ. Encycl. II. 993/3 Columbarium. This word is used..for the building in which the urns containing the remains of cremated persons are placed. 1948 E. Waugh Loved One 15 Would you require a niche in our columbarium or do you prefer to keep the remains at home? 1963 J. Mitford Amer. Way of Death iii. 141 He is much more likely to end up in a niche and urn in an elaborate ‘columbarium’. 3. A hole left in a wall for the insertion of the end of a beam. ΚΠ 1864 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. : and in later Dicts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.1846
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