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CINERARIUM (cineraria)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cinerarium mean? 

CINERARIUM (noun)
  The noun CINERARIUM has 1 sense:

1. a niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated deadplay

  Familiarity information: CINERARIUM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CINERARIUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A niche for a funeral urn containing the ashes of the cremated dead

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cinerarium; columbarium

Hypernyms ("cinerarium" is a kind of...):

niche; recess (an enclosure that is set back or indented)


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