sacrarium
Americannoun
plural
sacraria-
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
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of sacrarium
1700–10; < Latin, equivalent to sacr-, stem of sacer holy + -ārium -ary
Example Sentences
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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
Eventually, the Pope resolved that it should be a sacrarium, or cabinet for holy things, and that this should stand above the middle entrance door to the church.
From The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti by Symonds, John Addington
In the sacrarium is a small brass, showing a kneeling figure and an armorial shield, dedicated to George Littlebury, 1612.
From A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam' by Gatty, Alfred, Mrs.
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
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
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