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Columbarium in a sentence

Columbarium meaning

  1. A large, sometimes architecturally impressive building for housing a large colony of pigeons or doves, particularly those of ancien regime France.
  2. A pigeonhole in such a dovecote.
  3. A building, a vault or a similar place for the respectful and usually public storage of cinerary urns containing cremated remains.

Synonyms of Columbarium

dovecote columbary birdhouse cinerarium recess niche vault burial vault

Related words

Other words often associated with Columbarium or its synonyms:

recession sepulcher sepulture corner sepulchre enclosure concavity condition respite roof inlet shelter

Using Columbarium

  • The main meaning on this page is: A large, sometimes architecturally impressive building for housing a large colony of pigeons or doves, particularly those of ancien regime France. | A pigeonhole in such a dovecote. | A building, a vault or a similar place for the respectful and usually public storage of cinerary urns containing cremated remains.
  • Useful related words include: dovecote, columbary, birdhouse, cinerarium.
  • In the example corpus, columbarium often appears in combinations such as: the columbarium.

Context around Columbarium

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 19.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

new 1× church 1×

Often after:

niches 1× literally 1× towers 1×

Sentence patterns with Columbarium

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a new columbarium at the 1× at the columbarium in the 1× build a columbarium a storage 1× called a columbarium literally dovecote 1× in their columbarium 1× lutheran church columbarium 1× now have columbarium niches for 1× plots to columbarium 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a celebration of 1× he believes a 1× install a new 1× inurnment will be 1× many catholic cemeteries 1× since most romans 1×

Common sentence endings:

columbarium literally dovecote 1× for funeral urns 1× for those remains 1× in their columbarium 1× lake pioneer cemetery 1× lutheran church columbarium 1×

Words around Columbarium

Just before it in the word index:

columbanus 20 columban 4 columba 60 columb 18 colum 21 coluim 7

Just after it in the word index:

columbarius 3 columbia 3.221 columbian 146 columbiana 18 columbians 69 columbine 104

Similar in corpus frequency:

aab 14 aamer 14 aave 14 abadan 14 abdelmadjid 14 abdulkarim 14

Corpus analysis for Columbarium

  • In this selection, "columbarium" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, new, church, niches, literally and towers stand out and add context to how "columbarium" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a new columbarium at the and at the columbarium in the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "columbarium" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with columbarium

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Install a new Columbarium at the Paint Lake Pioneer Cemetery. (10 words)

Urn placement will be in the Bethlehem Lutheran Church Columbarium. (10 words)

Inurnment will be conducted at the Columbarium in the Rock Springs Municipal Cemetery. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

This issue has been ongoing since 2015 and concerns the applicant’s request to change their Cemetery Site Plan to allow for the site to be converted from plots to columbarium. (31 words)

The columbarium is dedicated to the generations of families interred there, whose earliest members immigrated from Germany and joined the young parish after it organized in 1859. (27 words)

Since most Romans were cremated, the ashes typically were collected in an urn and placed in a niche in a collective tomb called a columbarium (literally, "dovecote"). (27 words)

Example sentences (10)

Install a new Columbarium at the Paint Lake Pioneer Cemetery.

Urn placement will be in the Bethlehem Lutheran Church Columbarium.

Inurnment will be conducted at the Columbarium in the Rock Springs Municipal Cemetery.

The columbarium is dedicated to the generations of families interred there, whose earliest members immigrated from Germany and joined the young parish after it organized in 1859.

This issue has been ongoing since 2015 and concerns the applicant’s request to change their Cemetery Site Plan to allow for the site to be converted from plots to columbarium.

A Celebration of her life will be held there June 29th, then she will be interred beside Colin in their Columbarium.

He believes a private group should be allowed to build a columbarium (a storage area for funeral urns).

Many Catholic cemeteries now have columbarium niches for cremated remains, or specific sections for those remains.

Since most Romans were cremated, the ashes typically were collected in an urn and placed in a niche in a collective tomb called a columbarium (literally, "dovecote").

Three columbarium towers and a swimming pool at the south end of the site were also completed during this building phase.

Common combinations with columbarium

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "columbarium" in a sentence?
An example: "Install a new Columbarium at the Paint Lake Pioneer Cemetery." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "columbarium" from authentic English texts.
What does "columbarium" mean?
Columbarium means: A large, sometimes architecturally impressive building for housing a large colony of pigeons or doves, particularly those of ancien regime France.
What are synonyms of "columbarium"?
Common synonyms of "columbarium" include: dovecote, columbary, birdhouse, cinerarium, recess, niche, vault, burial vault.
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