Sacrarium

//səˈkɹɛəɹi.əm// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    In Ancient Rome, a place where sacred objects were kept, either in a temple (the adytum) or in a house (holding the penates) historical
  2. 2
    The area surrounding the altar of a Christian church; the sanctuary or piscina. Sometimes specifically a drain directly to the earth, perhaps including reference to a basin, for washing vessels from consecration.

    "The hay-trusser deposited his basket by the font, went up the nave till he reached the altar-rails, and opening the gate entered the sacrarium, where he seemed to feel a sense of the strangeness for a moment; then he knelt upon the footpace."

  3. 3
    The complex sacrum of any bird.

Etymology

From Latin sacrārium.

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