columbaria

plural of columbarium

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for columbaria
Noun
  • Children play among headstones, and locals see ornate mausoleums daily on their way to run errands; the graveyards woven into public life as parks and libraries are in other cities.
    Ryan Macasero, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
  • State law limits how California’s 256 public cemetery districts can make money, prohibiting them from selling memorial markers or mausoleums and offering mortuary or cremation services.
    Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • For a darker experience in the City of Light, venture beneath Paris and explore its hundreds of miles of catacombs.
    Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Burial vaults are typically made of concrete and act as protective containers for caskets and coffins, according to The Dallas Morning News.
    Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Some traders are warning that a looming shortage of physical silver in London’s vaults could drive prices even higher.
    Benzinga, Freep.com, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • An extensive list of notable tombs can be found at the Colma Historical Museum on Hillside Boulevard.
    Ryan Macasero, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The pre-Christian tombs offer new insight into the religious beliefs of ancient people in the region.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • There were also prisoners, paupers and unclaimed bodies who went into mass graves, including remains of 39,307 Catholics at Holy Cross.
    Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Staff at the cemetery assigned each student a set of graves to clean in a section of the cemetery that needed grounds maintenance.
    Alyssa N. Salcedo, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
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“Columbaria.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/columbaria. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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