单词 | sacellum |
释义 | sacellumn. 1. Ecclesiastical Architecture. (See quot. 1842.) ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > chapel > [noun] chapelc1330 porch1522 by-chapel1562 sacellum1806 1806 J. Dallaway Observ. Eng. Archit. 119 In that church [Winchester Cathedral] is an unrivalled series of sepulchral sacella. 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 1028 Sacellum, in old church architecture, the term signifies a monumental chapel within a church, also a small chapel in a village. a1845 R. H. Barham Lord of Thoulouse in Ingoldsby Legends (1847) 3rd Ser. 201 The sounds that were heard To proceed now and then from the father's sacellum. 1881 W. R. W. Stephens Dioc. Hist. Chichester 167 (note) A very beautiful sacellum, with an altar in it, on the south side of the nave. 2. Roman History. A small, roofless temple consecrated to some deity. Also, see quot. 1842. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > sanctuary or holy place > temple > [noun] > Roman roofless sacellum1832 1832 W. Gell 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. 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 1028 s.v. Small sacella, too, were used among the Egyptians, attached frequently to the larger temples. 1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold I. i. i. 11 A small sacellum, or fane to Bacchus. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1806 |
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