sacellum - 2 dictionary results
sa⋅cel⋅lum
[suh-kel-uh
m, -sel-] 
–noun, plural -cel⋅la [-kel-uh, -sel-uh] .
[-kel-uh, -sel-uh] . | 1. | a small chapel, as a monument within a church. |
| 2. | (in ancient Rome) a shrine open to the sky. |
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Sacellum
Sa*cel"lum\, n.; pl. Sacella. [L., dim. of sacrum a sacred place.] (a) (Rom. Antiq.) An unroofed space consecrated to a divinity. (b) (Eccl.) A small monumental chapel in a church. --Shipley.
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