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sacellum

[ suh-kel-uh m, -sel- ]

/ səˈkɛl əm, -ˈsɛl- /

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noun, plural sa·cel·la [suh-kel-uh, -sel-uh] /səˈkɛl ə, -ˈsɛl ə/.

a small chapel, as a monument within a church.

(in ancient Rome) a shrine open to the sky.

Origin of sacellum

1800–10; < Latin: shrine, derivative of sacer holy, sacred; for formation see castellum

Words nearby sacellum

saccule of larynx, sacculiform, sacculocochlear, sacculus, saccus, sacellum, sacerdotal, sacerdotalism, sachem, sacher torte, sacher-masoch

Example sentences from the Web for sacellum

In the early days of Rome many gentes had each their own sacellum for the performance of their religious rites.

Ancient Society |Lewis Henry Morgan
The gens had its own sacellum or chapel, and its own sacra or religious rites.

Custom and Myth |Andrew Lang
These two appellations we have already found in the preceding quotations to be capellula and sacellum.

Archaeological Essays, Vol. 1 |James Y. Simpson
On the south slope of the latter are remains of a small temple or sacellum described by St Jerome.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 |Various

This is the portal of its temple, through which alone we can gain access to the sacellum where its aporrheta are concealed.

The Symbolism of Freemasonry |Albert G. Mackey