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sacrarium
[ suh-krair-ee-uhm ]
/ səË?krɛər i É™m /
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noun, plural sa·crar·i·a [suh-krair-ee-uh]. /sÉ™Ë?krɛər i É™/.
Roman Catholic Church. a piscina.
Ecclesiastical. the sanctuary or chancel.
Roman History. a shrine or sanctuary.
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sacrarium
/ (sæË?krɛərɪəm) /
noun plural -craria (-Ë?krɛərɪə)
the sanctuary of a church
RC Church a place near the altar of a church, similar in function to the piscina, where materials used in the sacred rites are deposited or poured away
Word Origin for sacrarium
C18: from Latin sacrÄ?rium, from sacer sacred
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