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Columbaria

A large, sometimes architecturally impressive building for housing a large colony of pigeons or doves, particularly those of ancien regime France.

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noun
  1. 1

    A large, sometimes architecturally impressive building for housing a large colony of pigeons or doves, particularly those of ancien regime France.

  2. 2

    A pigeonhole in such a dovecote.

  3. 3

    A building, a vault or a similar place for the respectful and usually public storage of cinerary urns containing cremated remains.

  4. 4

    A niche in such a building for housing urns.

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