lararium
Americannoun
plural
larariaEtymology
Origin of lararium
Example Sentences
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“Every house had a lararium of some kind,” said Ingrid Rowland, a professor at the University of Notre Dame and the author of “From Pompeii: The Afterlife of a Roman Town.”
From New York Times
The shrine, known as a lararium, is embedded in the wall of a house and is flanked by images of Roman gods central to household rituals.
From New York Times
But, she added, “only the wealthiest people could have afforded a lararium inside a special chamber with a raised pool and sumptuous decorations.”
From New York Times
Appropriately opening from the family picture gallery of the Tablinum, was the Lararium, a private chapel for the worship of such members of the family—Livia and many others—as were deified after death.
From Project Gutenberg
Within it are erected an altar to, and statue of, the guardian angel, in fact the building had its Lararium.
From Project Gutenberg
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