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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The tomb has no chapel of its own, but is a mere grave in a gallery, with a rectangular instead of a circular space above, as in the cubicula.
From Walks in Rome by Augustus J. C. Hare
In 1899-1900 were discovered two opposite cubicula in the catacomb of Santi Pietro e Marcellino.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
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
Similarly, in a Roman style, a Pompeian court seems suggestive of the arrangement of a fine frigidarium, with its cubicula for couches, and its central area and fountain.
From The Turkish Bath Its Design and Construction by Robert Owen Allsop
These cubicula are small apartments, seldom more than 12 ft. square, usually rectangular, though sometimes circular or polygonal, opening out of the main corridors.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
