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Sacrarium
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Sa-cra′ri-um
,Noun.
pl.
-ria
(#)
. [L., fr.
sacer
sacred.] 1.
A sort of family chapel in the houses of the Romans, devoted to a special divinity.
2.
The adytum of a temple.
Gwilt.
3.
In a Christian church, the sanctuary.
Definition 2025
sacrarium
sacrarium
English
Noun
sacrarium (plural sacraria)
- (in Ancient Rome) A place where sacred objects were kept, either in a temple (the adytum) or in a house (holding the penates)
- 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.
References
- OED 2nd edition 1989
Latin
Etymology
From sacer (“sacred, holy”) + -ārium.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /saˈkraː.ri.um/, [saˈkraː.ri.ũ]
Noun
sacrārium n (genitive sacrāriī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sacrārium | sacrāria |
| genitive | sacrāriī | sacrāriōrum |
| dative | sacrāriō | sacrāriīs |
| accusative | sacrārium | sacrāria |
| ablative | sacrāriō | sacrāriīs |
| vocative | sacrārium | sacrāria |
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Descendants
References
- sacrarium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sacrarium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- SACRARIUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- sacrarium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sacrarium in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- sacrarium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin