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Definition of Cubiculum
1. Noun. A small room, especially a bedroom, typically those small rooms found on the upper floor of a Roman house. ¹
2. Noun. A small room carved out of the wall of a catacomb, used as mortuary chapels, and in Roman times, for Christian worship. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cubiculum
1. a burial chamber [n -LA]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cubiculum
Literary usage of Cubiculum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Being a Continuation of the by Samuel Cheetham (1880)
"From the une of cubiculum as a chapel, ... cubiculum enim idem erat apud antiques
quod hodic apud nos capella. ..."
2. The Archæology of Rome by John Henry Parker (1877)
"FIRST cubiculum. Views. 331. Vault of the same. In the centre, 1. ... SEVENTH
cubiculum. View. 355. Feast of Cana, with four large vases. 357. ..."
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