columbarium

名词 columbarium:

1. a birdhouse for pigeons
   同义词：dovecote, columbary
2. a niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead
   同义词：cinerarium
3. a sepulchral vault or other structure having recesses in the walls to receive cinerary urns

col.um.bar.i.um

n.（名词）
【复数】 col.um.bar.i.a[-ô-…] 也作 col.um.bar.ies

A vault with niches for urns containing ashes of the dead.
骨灰安置所：带有盛放骨灰匣壁龛的地下灵堂
One of the niches in such a vault.
骨灰匣壁龛：这样的灵堂中的一个壁龛

A dovecote.
鸽棚
A pigeonhole in a dovecote.
鸽房：一个鸽棚中的一间鸽房

来源：
Latin columb3rium [sepulchre for urns, dovecote]
拉丁语 columb3rium [骨灰坛储存室，鸽棚]
from columba [dove]
源自 columba [鸽子]