What does "cubiculum" mean?

A small room, especially a bedroom, typically those small rooms found on the upper floor of a Roman house.

What is a synonym for "cubiculum"?

Common synonyms include: chamber, cubicle, dormitory, nursery.

Pronounced //kjuːˈbɪkjʊləm//.

//kjuːˈbɪkjʊləm// noun

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Noun

1
A small room, especially a bedroom, typically those small rooms found on the upper floor of a Roman house.
2
A small room carved out of the wall of a catacomb, used as mortuary chapels, and in Roman times, for Christian worship.

Learned borrowing from Latin cubiculum (“bedroom”). Doublet of cubicle.

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