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单词 arcosolium
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arcosoliumn.

/ɑːkəʊˈsəʊlɪəm/
Forms: Plural arcosolia.
Etymology: medieval Latin, < arcus bow, arch + solium seat, sarcophagus.
An arched cell or niche, vaulted in semi-circular form, serving as a tomb in the Roman catacombs.
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1876 E. Venables in Encycl. Brit. V. 209/2 In the table-tomb the recess above, essential for the introduction of the corpse, is square, while in the arcosolium, a form of later date, it is semi-circular.
1905 19th Cent. Nov. 785 Both the ‘table-tomb’ and the ‘arcosolium’ are as a rule confined to those many crypts..which opened out of the various galleries.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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