A columbarium is a small, usually free-standing structure within a cemetery, designed for the permanent entombment of cremated remains. A columbarium may also be built into a mausoleum. The outer walls of a columbarium contain small compartments - called niches - into which urns holding cremated remains are placed. The niches are then sealed. The Catholic cemeteries that have outdoor columbariums are Resurrection, Holy Sepulchre and Our Lady of the Angels in Hamilton, Holy Cross in Brantford, and Marymount in Guelph. Our mausolea also include columbaria, which are indoor wall niches into which an urn with cremated remains is placed.
Tomb with small niches to hold ashes, like a dove cote.
A columbarium was originally a dovecote. Modern morticians gave the name to a building with hundreds of little niches in the wall for urns holding cremated remains.
Usually a self-standing area or unit of niches designed to hold cremation urns.
a niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead
a sepulchral vault or other structure having recesses in the walls to receive cinerary urns
a building, or wall in which the urns of cremated remains are kept
a final resting place for those of our congregation who choose cremation
an above ground structure with spaces for storing urns containing the ashes
an assembly of niches designed to hold containers of cremated remains
a niche where one may place bones or ashes of the deceased
a place to memorialize cremated remains
a practical alternative to conventional cemetery burial
a structure of recesses in its walls to receive urns with ashes of deceased loved ones
a structure that houses many urns
a structure that includes individual niches, each sealed with a faceplate that bears information similar to that on a headstone (name, dates, religious affiliation, etc
a structure to hold the cremains of those persons who have chosen cremation after their death
A building with tiers of niches used for the reception of cinerary urns.
A sepulchral chamber with rows of small recesses to hold ash urns.
means an arrangement of niches that may include an entire building, a room, a series of special indoor alcoves, a bank along a corridor or part of an outdoor garden setting.
A building or part of a building containing niches designed to hold and memorialize cremated remains.
Structure or building designed for the housing of urns of cremated remains, in niches.
A structure containing recessed niches for urns that contain cremains, or cremated remains.
A granite wall for inurnment of cremated remains.
In Latin: columba = dove. A dovecote for breeding doves or a burial installation resembling a dovecote, with small niches in which the ashes of cremated corpses were kept. This burial method was common in the Roman world, particularly for the burial of soldiers.
A series of niches, as in a wall or other structure, for the repose of cremated remains.
A structure with recesses in the wall to receive the ashes of the dead. For information about the Cathedral's Columbarium, see the Columbarium page. Confirmation A rite whereby the grace of the Holy Spirit is conveyed in a new or fuller way to those who have already received it in some degree or fashion through Baptism. In the Episcopal Church, young people or adults who have decided for themselves that they wish to be Confirmed and who have been prepared (typically through a Confirmation or Inquirer's Class) are Confirmed by a Bishop. Confirmation marks one's formal entrance into membership in the Anglican Communion. People who have been Confirmed in the Roman or Orthodox churches are not again Confirmed, they are Received.
A vault or structure for storage of cinerary urns.
A structure of vaults lined with recesses for urns containing cremated remains.
A wall or structure containing niches, or small spaces, in which an urn may be placed.
structure containing recesses for urns.
A structure with niches (small spaces) for placing cremated remains in urns or other approved containers. It may be outdoors or part of a mausoleum.
An aboveground structure for final disposition of the cremated body. Many cemeteries have columbaria where individual or family niches may be purchased.
A columbarium (plural columbaria or columbariums) is a place for the respectful and usually public storage of cinerary urns (i.e. urns holding a deceased’s cremated remains). The term comes from the Latin columba (dove) and originally referred to compartmentalized housing for doves and pigeons, an example of which dating back to 1600 can be seen at Compton Martin http://www.sanhs.org/Proc%20Compton%20Martin.htm John McCann, Mark McDermott and Frank Pexton A COLUMBARIUM AT COMPTON MARTIN CHURCH, Vol 143 - 1999 http://www.sanhs.org/ Part of the SOMERSET Archaeological and Natural History Society proceedings.