Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
columbarium , 1.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A dovecote; a pigeon house.
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- noun A
pigeon house ordovecot .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a birdhouse for pigeons
Etymologies
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From Latin columbarium, columba ("a dove").
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Examples
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Mr. Posnak was active in the church—he filmed the church's Christmas pageants—and is buried in the church's columbary.
Modernizing a Weekend Retreat for 3,500 Melanie Grayce West 2012
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There was hardly a house in Wych that did not have its pigeon-cote, from the great round columbary in the Rectory garden to the few holes in a gable-end of some steep-roofed cottage.
The Altar Steps Compton MacKenzie 1927
reesetee commented on the word columbary
A pigeon-house or dovecote.
October 20, 2008