English to afrikaans meaning of

columbarium

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "columbarium" is 'n plek, gewoonlik 'n gebou of 'n kamer, waar urns wat die as van die dooies bevat, gestoor word. Dit is 'n struktuur wat spesifiek ontwerp is vir die respekvolle en permanente berging van veras oorblyfsels, dikwels met individuele kompartemente wat nisse genoem word waar die urns geplaas word. Die term "columbarium" kom van die Latynse woord "columba," wat "duif" beteken en verwys na die klein kompartemente wat soos neskaste vir duiwe lyk.

Sentence Examples

  1. Then, by the gleam of a lamp, similar to that which lighted the columbarium, Albert was to be seen wrapped up in a cloak which one of the bandits had lent him, lying in a corner in profound slumber.
  2. When the count thought Franz had gazed sufficiently on this picturesque tableau, he raised his finger to his lips, to warn him to be silent, and, ascending the three steps which led to the corridor of the columbarium, entered the chamber by the middle arcade, and advanced towards Vampa, who was so intent on the book before him that he did not hear the noise of his footsteps.
  3. Around him, and in groups, according to their fancy, lying in their mantles, or with their backs against a sort of stone bench, which went all round the columbarium, were to be seen twenty brigands or more, each having his carbine within reach.
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