AEDICULE


Meaning of AEDICULE in English

/ee"di kyoohl', ed"i-/ , n.

1. a small building.

2. a small construction, as a shrine, designed in the form of a building.

Also, aedicula, edicule .

[ 1825-35; aedicula, equiv. to aedi- (s. of aedes ) temple, shrine (akin to Gk aíthein to blaze, aithér bright upper sky, ETHER) + -cula -CULE 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .