Difference between revisions of "Sacrarium"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_170170" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_170170" /> == | ||
<p> (1): | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) In a [[Christian]] church, the sanctuary. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) The adytum of a temple. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) A sort of family chapel in the houses of the Romans, devoted to a special divinity. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_58927" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_58927" /> == | ||
<p> a term employed by the ancient Romans to denote any place in which sacred things were deposited. A sacrarium was either public or private, the former being a part of a temple in which the idol stood, and the latter the part of a private house in which the [[Penates]] were kept. In the early | <p> a term employed by the ancient Romans to denote any place in which sacred things were deposited. A sacrarium was either public or private, the former being a part of a temple in which the idol stood, and the latter the part of a private house in which the [[Penates]] were kept. In the early Latin Church the name was given to the chancel or bema, and also to the side table (oblationarium) on which the offerings of the people were deposited. </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:56, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) In a Christian church, the sanctuary.
(2): ( n.) The adytum of a temple.
(3): ( n.) A sort of family chapel in the houses of the Romans, devoted to a special divinity.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
a term employed by the ancient Romans to denote any place in which sacred things were deposited. A sacrarium was either public or private, the former being a part of a temple in which the idol stood, and the latter the part of a private house in which the Penates were kept. In the early Latin Church the name was given to the chancel or bema, and also to the side table (oblationarium) on which the offerings of the people were deposited.
