cinerarium
UK/ˌsɪnəˈɹɛəɹi.əm/US/ˌsɪnəˈɹɛɹi.əm/
cinerarium noun: a place or receptacle for depositing the ashes of cremated people.
Noun
cinerarium (plural cinerariums or cineraria)
- A place or receptacle for depositing the ashes of cremated people.
- They were called ossuaria, from their containing bones,—cineraria, in reference to their containing ashes,—or ollæ, pots; these had generally a narrow pointed bottom.1842, Charles Wellbeloved, Eburacum, or York under the Romans, page 100
- On a great marble cinerarium (or vase for human ashes) is an inscription.1881, John Henry Parker, The Via Sacra. Excavations in Rome from 1438 to 1882, page 156
Forms of cinerarium
| plural | cinerariums |
|---|---|
| plural | cineraria |
Origin of cinerarium
Latin cinerarium.
Words that rhyme with cinerarium
- columbarium
- tepidarium
- caldarium
- sacrarium
- -arium
- herbarium
- necessarium
- ocularium
- samarium
- vestiarium
- acarinarium
- allylsamarium
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- antiquarium
- aquaterrarium
- argentarium
- armamentarium
- ascidiarium
- avicularium
- balsamarium
- bullarium
- bunarium
- calendarium
- calidarium
- calvarium
- canarium
- chilarium
- cibarium
- clavicularium
- cochlearium
- collectarium
- collunarium
- cometarium
- conarium
- demecarium
- dibarium
- disamarium
- disciplinarium
- dissepimentarium
- emissarium
- evangelarium
- formicarium
- frigidarium
- fusarium
- gerbilarium
- germarium
- glaciarium
- glirarium
- gnathochilarium
- herpetarium
- hexabarium
- imaginarium
- insectarium
- Intermarium
- intracalvarium
- itinerarium
- juvenarium
- lactarium
- lararium
- larvarium
- leprosarium
Questions about cinerarium
- What does cinerarium mean?
- Cinerarium means a place or receptacle for depositing the ashes of cremated people.
- What part of speech is cinerarium?
- Cinerarium is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cinerarium?
- Cinerarium is pronounced /ˌsɪnəˈɹɛəɹi.əm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of cinerarium?
- The plural of cinerarium is cinerariums.
Words near cinerarium in the dictionary
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