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sacellum

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[suh-kel-uhm, -sel-] / səˈkɛl əm, -ˈsɛl- /

noun

plural

sacella

  1. a small chapel, as a monument within a church.

  2. (in ancient Rome) a shrine open to the sky.

Etymology

Origin of sacellum

1800–10; < Latin: shrine, derivative of sacer holy, sacred; for formation castellum

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