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Recent Examples of columbarium
The challenges of life at Community First In the middle of Community First is a memorial garden with the ashes of dozens of residents who have died, their names etched into a granite columbarium.
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Lucy Tompkins Eli Durst, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2024
His grave is near the path dividing the southernmost section of the cemetery from the columbarium wall, where the urns are housed.
—David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Sep. 2023
For lack of a better option, both were placed in the columbarium, two more Does for the cemetery, and another story waiting to be told.
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David Reamer writes about Anchorage history, from murders and neighborhoods to churches and chinchillas.
—David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Sep. 2023
The license for the Eternity At Sea columbarium was not renewed in 1999 by the Oregon Mortuary and Cemetery Board.
—Jeastman, oregonlive, 29 Mar. 2023
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Lucy Tompkins Eli Durst, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2024
His grave is near the path dividing the southernmost section of the cemetery from the columbarium wall, where the urns are housed.
—David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Sep. 2023
For lack of a better option, both were placed in the columbarium, two more Does for the cemetery, and another story waiting to be told.
Ask a historian
David Reamer writes about Anchorage history, from murders and neighborhoods to churches and chinchillas.
—David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Sep. 2023
The license for the Eternity At Sea columbarium was not renewed in 1999 by the Oregon Mortuary and Cemetery Board.
—Jeastman, oregonlive, 29 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for columbarium
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The book is slim, its pages filled with white space, and the photos themselves take on the feeling of a mausoleum’s statuary.Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 14 Oct. 2024
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It was built in the 17th century by Emperor Shah Jahan, as a mausoleum for his favourite queen, Mumtaz Mahal, who had died giving birth to their 14th child.The Week UK, theweek, 25 Sep. 2024
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Time to get back to Viti, tied up in the crypt and on the verge of freezing to death.Andy Andersen, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2024
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His remains are in an urn, in a crypt in the medieval cathedral in the town of Santiago de Compostela.Alex Ledsom, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
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The trajectory of another famous figure in the Warner Bros. vault offers an example, Oberschelp says.Jennifer Maas, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
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Last year, Carey’s video saw the singer being unfrozen from a vault just in time for Nov. 1.Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
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While Pope and Sarah desperately sought an escape, a violent storm hit and flooded the catacombs.Jordana Comiter, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
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Yes, Pope and Sarah do end part one trapped in a catacomb in Charleston that is rapidly filling with water.Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
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There are endless ruins to discover… the remains of villas, palaces, theaters, castles, churches, tombs, and more... The Paphos Mosaics are one of the finest examples of ancient mosaics in the Eastern Mediterranean and should absolutely be at the top of your must-see list.Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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The fights are silly; the final scene in the tomb is bizarrely quick and awkward.Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024
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Out of this charnel house where an American flag hung at one end, technicians hoped to identify 388 sailors and Marines from the Oklahoma.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2024
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Kfar Aza, a kibbutz close to the separation barrier with Gaza, was burned nearly to the ground: a charnel house.Joshua Leifer, The New York Review of Books, 28 Oct. 2023
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These arches, made mainly of flowers, palm leaves, cane, and colored paper, are erected both at the entrances of homes and in cemeteries.Arath Zumaya Muñoz, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2024
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Geological factors still play a role in finding a suitable site for a cemetery.David Bressan, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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One Navy veteran will also receive a traditional burial at sea, and additional urns will be reunited with family in Rhode Island, New York, and Maine.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
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With millennials leading chills, composting bills that expand the legalization of Natural Organic Reduction have been passed in 12 states, leading to greater ubiquity of green burial options at funeral homes.Livia Caligor, Architectural Digest, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Columbarium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/columbarium. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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