Serapeum

American  

[ser-uh-pee-uhm] / ˌsɛr əˈpi əm /

noun

• Serapeums,
  plural
• Serapea
  plural

1. a place, as a burial site, building, or group of buildings, dedicated to Serapis.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Serapea
  plural
• Serapeums
  plural

Etymology

Origin of Serapeum

1835–45; < Late Latin Serāpēum < Greek Serāpeîon

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

Serapeum

But whatever might have been the reason, Saqqâra and its Serapeum were unknown to the dragomen, and consequently to Herodotos as well.

From The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce

Eminent Romans frequenting Timon's house did her homage, Greeks did her homage, philosophers from the Serapeum did her homage, and so did the people.

From Hania by Henryk Sienkiewicz

This he kindly had moved for me, and on it I saw the name of the Serapeum of the Saite nome, Hat-biti, again with the cartouche of Necho.

From El Kab by James Edward Quibell

Note.—I stopped for five hours at Kafr-es-Zaiat on the railway journey from Alexandria to Cairo to examine a site, which may be the Serapeum of the Saite nome.

From El Kab by James Edward Quibell

Not far away was the Serapeum, or Temple of Serapis, the Goddess of Life, around which were centred the biological sciences, and close by was the medical school.

From Education: How Old The New by James J. Walsh