|  columbarium 
 
 1. a birdhouse for pigeons
 • Syn:
 dovecote, columbary
 • Hypernyms:
 birdhouse
 2. a niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead
 • Syn:
 cinerarium
 • Hypernyms:
 recess, niche
 3. a sepulchral vault or other structure having recesses in the walls to receive cinerary urns
 • Hypernyms:
 vault, burial vault
 
 
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