Difference between Columbarium and Columbary

What is the difference between Columbarium and Columbary?

Columbarium as a noun is a dovecote; one of the pigeonholes in a dovecote while Columbary as a noun is a pigeon house or dovecot.

Columbarium

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a dovecote; one of the pigeonholes in a dovecote a large, sometimes architecturally impressive building for housing a large colony of pigeons, particularly those of ancien regime France. a building, a vault or some similar place for the respectful and usually public storage of cinerary urns containing cremated remains, or a niche in such a place

Columbary

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A pigeon house or dovecot.

We hope you now know whether to use Columbarium or Columbary in your sentence.

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