Definition of Sacrarium. Meaning of Sacrarium. Synonyms of Sacrarium

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Definition of Sacrarium

Sacrarium
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. 2. The adytum of a temple. --Gwilt. 3. In a Christian church, the sanctuary.

Meaning of Sacrarium from wikipedia

- The sacrarium is the drain itself. Lutherans and Anglicans usually refer to the basin, calling it a piscina. For Catholics and Lutherans, a sacrarium is...
- "swimming pool"; see La Piscine (disambiguation). The Latin word piscina (or sacrarium) denotes a shallow basin placed near the altar of a church. Localities...
- private houses, the sacrarium was the part of the house where the images of the Penates were kept; the lararium was a form of sacrarium for the Lares. Both...
- educational institutions, libraries or police stations. Varese's fascist sacrarium is the last surviving one in Italy. It is decorated with pure gold and...
- wash basin, called a piscina, the drain of which is properly called a "sacrarium" in which the drain flows directly into the ground to prevent sacred items...
- were among the findings. The 8 m2 (86 sq ft) room is thought to be a sacrarium (the sanctuary of a church). Objects buried beneath Pompeii were well-preserved...
- Crow, and the Guardian press forward towards the manifestation of the Sacrarium, the ritual site where the Witness was created, now armed with the knowledge...
- by hand. An ornate silver baldaquin covers the high altar, steps and Sacrarium. The old cathedral has a simple exterior, as does the bell tower. Joaquín...
- retablo with paintings by El Greco, Jusepe de Ribera and Alonso Cano. The sacrarium, raised between 1706 and 1759, follows the classic proportions of the...
- in the Commonwealth of Nations. Beyond the crossing to the west is the sacrarium, which contains the high altar. The abbey has the 13th-century Westminster...