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sacrarium

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /səˈkɹɛəɹi.əm/
  • General-American: /səˈkɹɛɹi.əm/
  • rhymes with -ɛəɹiəm

1

noun

Meaning 1

In Ancient Rome, a place where sacred objects were kept, either in a temple (the adytum) or in a house (holding the penates)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

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Meaning relationships

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2

noun

Meaning 2

The area surrounding the altar of a Christian church; the sanctuary or piscina. Sometimes specifically a drain directly to the earth, perhaps including reference to a basin, for washing vessels from consecration.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 2016, Martin Pousson, Black Sheep Boy, Los Angeles: Rare Bird Books, Part I, “Wanted Man,” The bathroom looked like a radiant sacristy, the sink a piscine, the drain a sacrarium.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The complex sacrum of any bird.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

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Meaning relationships

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History

Etymology

From Latin sacrārium.

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: светая светих (svetaja svetih) — a place where sacred objects were kept
  • Etruscan: 𐌚𐌀𐌍𐌖 class inanimate (fanu) — a place where sacred objects were kept
  • Etruscan: 𐌘𐌀𐌍𐌖 class inanimate (phanu) — a place where sacred objects were kept
  • Etruscan: 𐌇𐌀𐌍𐌖 class inanimate (hanu) — a place where sacred objects were kept
  • Finnish: sacrarium — a place where sacred objects were kept
  • Italian: sacrario — a place where sacred objects were kept
  • Latin: sacrārium — a place where sacred objects were kept
  • Polish: sakrarium — a place where sacred objects were kept
  • Welsh: cysegrfa — a place where sacred objects were kept