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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Bosio enumerates six cubicula or family burial-chapels in the cemetery or catacomb of Priscilla, and thirteen arched tombs with paintings.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)
The two lower corridors of this catacomb have tombs or cubicula on the sides; a few of these are painted, and the vault of the corridor in front of them, also.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)
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
We have already spoken of the eucharistic celebrations of which the cubicula were the scene; and still existing baptisteries prove that the other sacrament was also administered there.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
Of these eight cabinets, the six that come first, three to the right and three to the left, were bedrooms, or cubicula.
From The Wonders of Pompeii by Monnier, Marc
