sacrarium

American  

[suh-krair-ee-uhm] / səˈkrɛər i əm /

noun

plural

sacraria

1. Roman Catholic Church. a piscina.

2. Ecclesiastical. the sanctuary or chancel.

3. Roman History. a shrine or sanctuary.

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sacrarium British  

/ sæˈkrɛərɪəm /

noun

1. the sanctuary of a church

2. RC Church a place near the altar of a church, similar in function to the piscina, where materials used in the sacred rites are deposited or poured away

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Other Word Forms

• sacrarial adjective

Etymology

Origin of sacrarium

1700–10; < Latin, equivalent to sacr-, stem of sacer holy + -ārium -ary

Example Sentences

From her seat on the sacrarium, the Queen time & again interrupted her seldom-failing smile to dart anxious glances at her daughter.

From Time Magazine Archive

Some persons go further, and cut out that part of the linen, which they burn, putting the ashes in the altar or down the sacrarium.

From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

But if anything of the sort happen after the consecration, the insect should be caught carefully and washed thoroughly, then burned, and the "ablution," together with the ashes, thrown into the sacrarium.

From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

The sacrarium of San Stefano is paved with a mosaic of marbles from the Villa Jovis, and the chapel of St. Michael is erected out of a Roman building which occupied its site.

From Stray Studies from England and Italy by Greene, John Richard

A stone screen now surrounds the sacrarium on three sides.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Carlisle A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Episcopal See by Eley, C. King