MEANING
A structure containing niches for urns of cremated human remains.
Use it for
Cremation memorials, labeled absences, modern or ancient funerary spaces.Use repeated niches to turn individual mourning into a shared architectural pattern.
Words that belong together
- columbarium niche
- family columbarium
- urn in a columbarium
On the page
One niche in the columbarium had no nameplate.
They placed her urn in the columbarium beside her husband's.
A loose panel revealed an older inscription in the columbarium.
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- columbarium
Usage notes
Primary category: gothic. For ashes rather than full bodies; not equivalent to an ossuary storing bones. Plural columbaria.
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