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sacrarium

[suh-krair-ee-uhm]

noun, plural sa·crar·i·a

[-krair-ee-uh] .

Roman Catholic Church. a piscina.

Ecclesiastical. the sanctuary or chancel.

Roman History. a shrine or sanctuary.

Origin:
1700–10; < Latin, equivalent to sacr-, stem of sacer holy + -ārium -ary

Related forms

sa·crar·i·al, adjective

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sacrarium (sæˈkrɛərɪəm)

—n , pl -craria
1.	the sanctuary of a church
2.	RC Church a place near the altar of a church, similar in function to the piscina, where materials used in the sacred rites are deposited or poured away

[C18: from Latin sacrārium, from sacersacred]

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