cinerarium

• Substantivo que designa um nicho ou compartimento destinado a guardar a urna funerária com os restos mortais cremados de um falecido.

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.

   Nichos para cinzas

   • 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.