Sacrarium

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sacrarium \Sa*cra"ri*um\, n.; pl. {-ria}. [L., fr. sacer
     sacred.]
     1. A sort of family chapel in the houses of the Romans,
        devoted to a special divinity.
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     2. The adytum of a temple. --Gwilt.
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     3. In a Christian church, the sanctuary.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  48 Moby Thesaurus words for "sacrarium":
     Easter sepulcher, Lady chapel, adytum, ambry, apse, baptistery,
     blindstory, chancel, chantry, chapel, chapel of ease, chapel royal,
     choir, cloisters, confessional, confessionary, crypt, dagoba,
     delubrum, diaconicon, diaconicum, holy of holies, holy place, naos,
     nave, oratorium, oratory, porch, presbytery, reliquaire, reliquary,
     rood loft, rood stair, rood tower, sacellum, sacrament chapel,
     sacristy, sanctuary, sanctum, sanctum sanctorum, school chapel,
     shrine, side chapel, stupa, tope, transept, triforium, vestry