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‖ sacellum|səˈsɛləm|
Pl. sacella |səˈsɛlə|
[L., dim. of sacr-um shrine, neut. of sacer holy.]
1. Eccl. Arch. (See quot. 1842.)
1806J. Dallaway Obs. Eng. Archit. 119 In that church [Winchester Cathedral] is an unrivalled series of sepulchral sacella. 1842Gwilt Archit. Gloss., Sacellum... In old church architecture, the term signifies a monumental chapel within a church, also a small chapel in a village. a1845Barham Ingol. Leg. Ser. iii. Ld. Thoulouse, The sounds that were heard To proceed now and then from the father's sacellum. 1881W. Stephens Diocese Chichester 167 note, A very beautiful sacellum, with an altar in it, on the south side of the nave.
2. Roman Antiq. A small, roofless temple consecrated to some deity. Also, see quot. 1842.
1832Gell Pompeiana I. iv. 49 The Pantheon..may be..considered as a place of feasting..under the protection of some deity, who, from his more elevated sacellum, was supposed to..patronize the banquet. 1842Gwilt Archit. Gloss., s.v. Sacellum, Small sacella, too, were used among the Egyptians, attached frequently to the larger temples. 1848Lytton Harold i. i, A small sacellum, or fane to Bacchus. |