Sacrarium
//səˈkɹɛəɹi.əm// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 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 The complex sacrum of any bird.
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From Latin sacrārium.
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