sacellum
[ suh-kel-uhm, -sel- ]
noun,plural sa·cel·la [suh-kel-uh, -sel-uh]. /səˈkɛl ə, -ˈsɛl ə/.
a small chapel, as a monument within a church.
(in ancient Rome) a shrine open to the sky.
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How to use sacellum in a sentence
This is the portal of its temple, through which alone we can gain access to the sacellum where its aporrheta are concealed.
The Symbolism of Freemasonry | Albert G. MackeyIn the early days of Rome many gentes had each their own sacellum for the performance of their religious rites.
Ancient Society | Lewis Henry MorganOn the south slope of the latter are remains of a small temple or sacellum described by St Jerome.
These two appellations we have already found in the preceding quotations to be capellula and sacellum.
Archaeological Essays, Vol. 1 | James Y. SimpsonThe gens had its own sacellum or chapel, and its own sacra or religious rites.
Custom and Myth | Andrew Lang
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