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edicule

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ed⋅i⋅cule

  [ed-i-kyool]
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–noun
aedicule.

ae⋅di⋅cule

  [ee-di-kyool, ed-i-]
–noun
1. a small building.
2. a small construction, as a shrine, designed in the form of a building.
Also, aedicula, edicule.

Origin:
1825–35; < L aedicula, equiv. to aedi- (s. of aedēs) temple, shrine (akin to Gk aíthein to blaze, aithr bright upper sky, ether ) + -cula -cule 1
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