lararium
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In the home they maintained a lararium, a shrine in which the spirits of ancestors were honored.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
Fond as he was of monastic life, he extended hospitality to men of his own sentiments and habit of thought; and transformed the old lararium into a chapel of S. Andrew.
From Pagan and Christian Rome by Lanciani, Rodolfo Amedeo
His eyes passed to the lararium unconsciously, and to the little cross which she left him before going.
From Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero by Curtin, Jeremiah
A tolerant Roman, like Alexander Severus, set statues of Apollonius, Christ, Abraham, Orpheus, "and others of that sort," in his lararium; and many today are inclined to make a similar religious combination.
From Some Christian Convictions A Practical Restatement in Terms of Present-Day Thinking by Coffin, Henry Sloane
There were also horizontal spaces, little steps like those of a lararium, or shelves, on which were placed those objects that could stand upright.
From Pagan and Christian Rome by Lanciani, Rodolfo Amedeo
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