sacrarium
Americannoun
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Roman Catholic Church. a piscina.
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Ecclesiastical. the sanctuary or chancel.
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Roman History. a shrine or sanctuary.
noun
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the sanctuary of a church
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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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Origin of sacrarium
1700–10; < Latin, equivalent to sacr-, stem of sacer holy + -ārium -ary
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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
The chancel contains the only extant specimen in Somerset of a frid stool, a rough seat let into the sill of the N. window of the sacrarium for the accommodation of any one claiming sanctuary.
From Somerset by Wade, G. W.
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
Alt′ar-rails, rails separating the sacrarium from the rest of the chancel.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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
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