cinerarium

plural cinerariums · plural cineraria

1. A place or receptacle for depositing the ashes of cremated people.

   On a great marble cinerarium (or vase for human ashes) is an inscription.

   1881, John Henry Parker, The Via Sacra. Excavations in Rome from 1438 to 1882, page 156

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   They were called ossuaria, from their containing bones,—cineraria, in reference to their containing ashes,—or ollæ, pots; these had generally a narrow pointed bottom.

   1842, Charles Wellbeloved, Eburacum, or York under the Romans, page 100

   After cremation the Khasi take the ashes of their dead to the clan cinerarium.

   1918, William James Perry, The Megalithic Culture of Indonesia, page 42

   Relevant material is also covered on the containers for remains in those and in the entries on cineraria, columbaria, and urns.

   2016, Lewis H. Mates, Encyclopedia of Cremation