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Definition of Columbaria
1. columbarium [n] - See also: columbarium
Lexicographical Neighbors of Columbaria
Literary usage of Columbaria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ruins and Excavations of Ancient Rome: A Companion Book for Students and by Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani (1897)
"THE columbaria OF THE VIGNA CODINI.— The southeast end of the necropolis, between
the Vigna ... Other columbaria were excavated and destroyed under Pius IV. ..."
2. Italy : Handbook for Travellers: Second Part, Central Italy and Rome by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1890)
"14, contains three ^columbaria in excellent preservation (1 fr.). These columbaria
are subterranean tombs capable of containing a great number of cinerary ..."
3. Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta by Karl Eberhard Goebel (1905)
"Scabiosa columbaria and allies. We have a similar relationship in many ...
In Scabiosa columbaria there is a striking difference between the lower and the ..."
4. The Ancient Lowly: A History of the Ancient Working People from the Earliest by Cyrenus Osborne Ward (1900)
"... Prytaneum—How the Church of St. Peter Came to be Built—The Secret Password—Temples
of Refuge—Period of columbaria—Lanu- vium—Wonderful Inscription Found ..."
5. Historic and Monumental Rome: A Handbook for the Students of Classical and by Charles Isidore Hemans (1874)
"Several other columbaria were discovered in 1746 under vineyards on the Appian
Way within the Ports S. Sebas- tiano (or Appian gate). ..."
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