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sacrarium

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sa⋅crar⋅i⋅um

  [suh-krair-ee-uhm]
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–noun, plural -crar⋅i⋅a  [-krair-ee-uh] .
1. Roman Catholic Church. a piscina.
2. Ecclesiastical. the sanctuary or chancel.
3. Roman History. a shrine or sanctuary.
Origin:
1700–10; < L, equiv. to sacr-, s. of sacer holy + -ārium -ary

Related forms:
sa⋅crar⋅i⋅al, adjective
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sa·crar·i·um   (sə-krâr'ē-əm, sā-, sā-)   
n.   pl. sa·crar·i·a (-ē-ə) Ecclesiastical

  1. The sanctuary or sacristy of a church.

  2. Piscina.


[Medieval Latin sacrārium, from Latin, shrine, from sacer, sacr-, sacred; see sacred.]
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