columbaria
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noun
- A large, sometimes architecturally impressive building for housing a large colony of pigeons or doves, particularly those of ancien regime France.
- A pigeonhole in such a dovecote.
- A building, a vault or a similar place for the respectful and usually public storage of cinerary urns containing cremated remains.
- A niche in such a building for housing urns.