a. Obs. [ad. L. columnārius pertaining to a column, occurring only as sb., e.g., columnārium a pillar-tax (see quot. 1656 below). In F. colomnaire.] = COLUMNAR.
1584. R. Scot, Discov. Witchcr., XIII. xix. 258. Diverse kinds of glasses, as … the columnarie, the pyramidate or piked, the turbinall.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Columnary Tribute (columnarium), a tribute that was exacted for every Pillar that held up the house.
1658. Sir T. Browne, Gard. Cyrus, 537. Handsome columnary work.
1716. M. Davies, Athen. Brit., III. 106. That Columnary Monument [Trajan’s].
