cinerarium

• Sustantivo que designa un nicho o compartimento destinado a contener una urna funeraria con las cenizas de un difunto, típicamente en un columbario.

A noun referring to a niche or compartment designed to hold a funeral urn containing the cremated remains of the deceased.

1. Niche for cremated remainsC2formal

   A small recess or compartment designed to hold a funeral urn containing the ashes of a cremated person.

   Nicho funerario para urnas

   • The family placed the urn in a marble cinerarium at the columbarium.
   • Ancient Roman cinerariums were often decorated with intricate carvings.
   • The ashes were interred in a cinerarium within the mausoleum.