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columbarium

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A dovecote or pigeon house.

A sepulchral chamber with niches for holding cinerary urns.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Bishop Guglielmone also blessed the columbarium as the faithful responded to Psalm 25: “To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.” Source: Internet

The columbarium is dedicated to the generations of families interred there, whose earliest members immigrated from Germany and joined the young parish after it organized in 1859. Source: Internet

A committal service will be held at the columbarium of St. Peters Lutheran Church at 11 a.m. Saturday. Source: Internet

Some 2,000 nesting niches are carved into the Columbarium, reflecting the ancient premium put on their meat, eggs, dung and value as sacrificial offerings. Source: Internet

Her cremains will join those of her husband, Jim, in the columbarium at the First United Methodist Church immediately following the service. Source: Internet

This issue has been ongoing since 2015 and concerns the applicant’s request to change their Cemetery Site Plan to allow for the site to be converted from plots to columbarium. Source: Internet

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