columbarium

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun a birdhouse for pigeons
noun a niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead
noun a sepulchral vault or other structure having recesses in the walls to receive cinerary urns

Borrowed from Latin columbārium, from columba (“pigeon”) + -ārium (“place for”).

Close to the cedar, above catacombs and columbaria, tall, ugly, and individual, it looked like an apex of the competitive system. — The Forsyte Saga - Complete, John Galsworthy
Then, by the gleam of a lamp, similar to that which lighted the columbarium, Albert was to be seen wrapped up in a cloak which one of the bandits had lent him, lying in a corner in profound slumber. — The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas

dovecote, columbary

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