cubiculum
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of cubiculum
1825–35; < Latin: bedroom. See cubicle
Example Sentences
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In Mr. Paladino’s white cubiculum, or bedroom, a figure stares at the wall, seemingly looking away from the plaster casts of Vesuvius’s victims.
From New York Times • Jan. 3, 2018
It started with the afterthought that would always be the Business section; the identical cubiculum of the National staff, looking to the unschooled like other cubicles but actually a prancing ground that peacocks sought.”
From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2010
Only a museum can frame a room as art, such as the Met's cubiculum, or bedroom, from the Roman town of Boscoreale on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius.
From Time Magazine Archive
The works were probably commissioned by an unknown early Christian for a cubiculum.
From Time Magazine Archive
Towards the end of 1881 another remarkable discovery took place in these catacombs: that of a cubiculum which in style of decoration is unique.
From Pagan and Christian Rome by Lanciani, Rodolfo Amedeo
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