Definition of cinerarium in English:
cinerarium
nounPlural cinerariums ˌsɪnəˈrɛːrɪəmˌsɪnəˈrɛriəm
A place where a cinerary urn is kept.
Example sentencesExamples
- In order to raise money to build a nine-storey cinerarium tower, Kui began to take advance bookings for urn compartments.
- The 1 p.m. ceremony will be held at the cinerarium on Laney Walker Boulevard.
- Nostell has three Roman cinerariums - elaborately carved marble boxes for storing the ashes of the deceased.
- This Roman cinerarium was collected as part of a larger collection of antiquities.
- It is a cinerarium created for the use of the families of St. Andrew's.
- And in many Korean dioceses the cinerarium has started to edge out traditional cemeteries.
Origin
Late 19th century: from late Latin, neuter (used as a noun) of cinerarius 'of ashes'.
Rhymes
aquarium, armamentarium, barium, caldarium, columbarium, dolphinarium, frigidarium, herbarium, honorarium, planetarium, rosarium, sanitarium, solarium, sudarium, tepidarium, terrarium, vivarium
Definition of cinerarium in US English:
cinerarium
nounˌsɪnəˈrɛriəmˌsinəˈrerēəm
A place where the ashes of the cremated dead are kept.
Example sentencesExamples
- Nostell has three Roman cinerariums - elaborately carved marble boxes for storing the ashes of the deceased.
- It is a cinerarium created for the use of the families of St. Andrew's.
- The 1 p.m. ceremony will be held at the cinerarium on Laney Walker Boulevard.
- This Roman cinerarium was collected as part of a larger collection of antiquities.
- In order to raise money to build a nine-storey cinerarium tower, Kui began to take advance bookings for urn compartments.
- And in many Korean dioceses the cinerarium has started to edge out traditional cemeteries.
Origin
Late 19th century: from late Latin, neuter (used as a noun) of cinerarius ‘of ashes’.