noun🔗ShareA large, sometimes architecturally impressive building for housing a large colony of pigeons or doves, particularly those of ancien regime France."The old chateau's columbaria housed a large flock of pigeons, their cooing echoing through the courtyard. "architecturebuildingbirdanimalhistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA pigeonhole in such a dovecote."The dovecote was meticulously constructed with hundreds of columbaria, each perfectly sized for a single pigeon to nest. "architecturebuildingplaceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA building, a vault or a similar place for the respectful and usually public storage of cinerary urns containing cremated remains."After cremation, my grandmother's ashes were placed in a niche in the columbaria at the local cemetery. "architecturebuildingritualreligioncultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA niche in such a building for housing urns."The family visited the columbaria to place their mother's urn in its designated niche. "architecturebuildingpropertyreligionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
