The Collaborative International Dictionary
Columbaria
Columbarium \Col`um*ba"ri*um\, n.; pl. L. Columbaria [L. See Columbary.] (Rom. Antiq.)
A dovecote or pigeon house.
A sepulchral chamber with niches for holding cinerary urns.
Wiktionary
columbaria
n. (en-irregular plural of: columbarium)
WordNet
columbaria
See columbarium
columbarium
n. a niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead [syn: cinerarium]
a sepulchral vault or other structure having recesses in the walls to receive cinerary urns
[also: columbaria (pl)]