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See also:COLUMBARIUM (See also:Lat. See also:columba, a See also:dove) , a See also:pigeon-See also:house . The See also:term is applied in See also:architecture to those sepulchral See also:chambers in and near See also:Rome, the walls of which were sunk with small niches (columbaria) to receive the cinerary urns . See also:Vitruvius (iv . 2) employs the term to signify the holes made in a See also:wall to receive the ends of the timbers of a See also:floor or roof . |
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