Definitions for sacraria

sacraria sa·crar·i·um

Spelling: [suh-krair-ee-uh m]
IPA: /səˈkrɛər i əm/

Sacraria is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 114 anagrams from letters in sacraria (aaacirrs).

Definitions for sacraria

noun

  1. Roman Catholic Church. a piscina.
  2. Ecclesiastical. the sanctuary or chancel.
  3. Roman History. a shrine or sanctuary.

Origin of sacraria

1700-10; Latin, equivalent to sacr-, stem of sacer holy + -ārium -ary

Examples for sacraria

In the sacrarium is a small brass, showing a kneeling figure and an armorial shield, dedicated to George Littlebury, 1612.

At the back of the Nymphum is a hall called the sacrarium, in which it is supposed the statue of Serapis stood.

sacrarium, the part of a temple where the sacred things were deposited.

Superfice (Dryden) has not put superficies, nor sacrary (Hacket) sacrarium, nor limbeck alembic, out of use.

There is a richly-sculptured monument of a bishop on the southern side of the sacrarium.

It spans the whole of the choir, and is continued along the sides of the sacrarium, forming sedilia of four seats on either side.

Yet it really has a genuine claim to its motto: sacrarium regis, cunabula legis.

Alt′ar-rails, rails separating the sacrarium from the rest of the chancel.

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