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GlossaryColumbariumA columbarium is a vault or similar structure with compartments (niches) for urns containing cremated remains. A columbarium can be located within a mausoleum or it can be free standing, either indoors or outdoors. CremationThe process of reducing the body to its basic elements by means of heat and evaporation. CremorialMemorial property or columbarium niche that contains cremated remains. IntermentThe process of placing remains into a below-ground burial site. InurnmentThe placement of cremated remains into an urn, grave, crypt or niche. LotOne or more graves grouped together to form a family lot. MarkerA granite or bronze stone slab that rests on top of a grave site to denote the person interred there. Memorial PropertyLots used for interment in a cemetery. MonumentAn upright memorial that marks the location of a family lot. NicheA compartment in a columbarium (see above) where cremated remains are placed. UrnA bronze stainless steel, or marble container used for the storage of cremated remains. Also used to describe an outdoor container for potted flowers or plants. VaultA burial or cremation vault is an outer burial container made of concrete that helps prevent the ground from collapsing around a grave. |
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