Definitions for lararia

lararia la·rar·i·um

Spelling: [luh-rair-ee-uh m]
IPA: /ləˈrɛər i əm/

Lararia is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 52 anagrams from letters in lararia (aaailrr).

Definitions for lararia

noun

  1. (in an ancient Roman home) a shrine for the Lares.

Origin of lararia

1700-10; Late Latin larārium; see Lares, -ary

Examples for lararia

"In the lararium, O praefect," replied the soldier without hesitation.

This venereum contained a bedchamber, a triclinium and a lararium, or small marble niche in which the household god was enshrined.

These seem to indicate that this was the lararium of the house.

In some of the Pompeian houses the lararium was represented by a niche only, containing the image of the lar.

His eyes passed to the lararium unconsciously, and to the little cross which she left him before going.

Opening out from the peristylium is the lararium, or room of the household gods.

Undoubtedly we should recognize in this edifice the sanctuary of the Lares of the city, lararium publicum.

Within it are erected an altar to, and statue of, the guardian angel, in fact the building had its lararium.

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