cubiculum
noun
a burial chamber, as in catacombs.
cubicula
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pluralof cubiculum.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Table-tombs and arcosolia are by no means rare in the corridors of the catacombs, but they belong more generally to the cubicula, or family vaults, of which we now proceed to speak.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
The doorways which are seen interrupting the lines of graves are those of the family sepulchral chambers, or cubicula, of which we shall speak more particularly hereafter.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
The galleries do not seem to have had any specific name; but the chambers were called cubicula.
From Walks in Rome by Augustus J. C. Hare
A side passage leads to other cubicula, and to an open space which seems to have been an actual arenarium.
From Walks in Rome by Augustus J. C. Hare
Hence a low door forms the entrance of a gallery out of which open six cubicula, one of them containing a fine while marble sarcophagus, and decorated with a painting of the seven-branched candlestick.
From Walks in Rome by Augustus J. C. Hare
