SACELLUM


Meaning of SACELLUM in English

/seuh kel"euhm, -sel"-/ , n. , pl. sacella /-kel"euh, -sel"euh/ .

1. a small chapel, as a monument within a church.

2. (in ancient Rome) a shrine open to the sky.

[ 1800-10; sacer holy, SACRED; for formation see CASTELLUM ]

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