cubiculum

[ kyoo-bik-yuh-luh m ]

/ kyuˈbɪk yə ləm /

a burial chamber, as in catacombs.

Origin of cubiculum

1825–35; < Latin: bedroom. See cubicle

The cubicula were located in the atrium, peristyle, and upper stories.

Quintus Claudius, Volume 1 of 2 |Ernst Eckstein
Other rooms round the court were the triclinium, or dining room, and cubicula or bedchambers.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 |Various
This Catacomb is remarkable for the number of its luminari, arcosolia, cubicula, and mosaics.

The Catacombs of Rome |William Henry Withrow
The cubicula were also defaced, their symmetry injured, and their construction endangered by similar imprudent excavations.

The Catacombs of Rome |William Henry Withrow

These cubicula received the air and the light through the door, which the Pompeians probably left open in summer.

The Wonders of Pompeii |Marc Monnier

cubiculum

/ (kjuːˈbɪkjʊləm) /

an underground burial chamber in Imperial Rome, such as those found in the catacombs

C19: from Latin: cubicle