sacrarium
Roman Catholic Church. a piscina.
Ecclesiastical. the sanctuary or chancel.
Roman History. a shrine or sanctuary.
Origin of sacrarium
1Other words from sacrarium
- sa·crar·i·al, adjective
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How to use sacrarium in a sentence
Alt′ar-rails, rails separating the sacrarium from the rest of the chancel.
There is a richly-sculptured monument of a bishop on the southern side of the sacrarium.
Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain | George Edmund StreetIn the sacrarium is a small brass, showing a kneeling figure and an armorial shield, dedicated to George Littlebury, 1612.
A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam' | Alfred GattyAt the back of the Nymphum is a hall called the sacrarium, in which it is supposed the statue of Serapis stood.
Old Rome | Robert Burnsacrarium, the part of a temple where the sacred things were deposited.
The Children of Westminster Abbey | Rose G. Kingsley
British Dictionary definitions for sacrarium
/ (sæˈkrɛərɪəm) /
the sanctuary of a church
RC Church a place near the altar of a church, similar in function to the piscina, where materials used in the sacred rites are deposited or poured away
Origin of sacrarium
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