columbarium

  1. Noun.  a dovecote; one of the pigeonholes in a dovecote.
  2. Noun.  a large, sometimes architecturally impressive building for housing a large colony of pigeons, particularly those of ''ancien regime'' France.
  3. Noun.  (context, by extension) a building, a vault or some similar place for the respectful and usually public storage of cinerary urns containing cremated remains, or a niche in such a place.

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