columbary

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin columbarium, columba (“a dove”).

Noun[edit]

columbary (plural columbaries)

  1. A pigeon house or dovecot.

References[edit]

  • Chambers's Etymological Dictionary, 1896, p. 82
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