Cubiculum Definition

kyo͝obikyo͝oləm
cubicula
noun
A burial chamber, as in a catacomb.
Webster's New World

A small room, especially a bedroom, typically those small rooms found on the upper floor of a Roman house.

Wiktionary

A small room carved out of the wall of a catacomb, used as mortuary chapels, and in Roman times, for Christian worship.

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Other Word Forms of Cubiculum

Noun

Singular:
cubiculum
Plural:
cubicula

Origin of Cubiculum

  • From Latin cubiculum (“bedroom”), from cubō (“lie down”)

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Cubiculum Sentence Examples

  • Each side of the cubiculum, except that of the entrance, usually contains a recessed tomb, either a table-tomb or an arcosolium.

  • The cubiculum was originally designed for the reception of a very limited number of dead.

  • Another motive for multiplying the number of graves operated when the cubiculum contained the remains of any noted saint or martyr.

  • Each cubiculum was usually the burying-place of some one family, all the members of which were interred in it, just as in the chantry-chapels connected with medieval churches.

  • Explorations conducted in the cemetery of Domitilla in 1897-1898 brought to light a fine double crypt with frescoes representing Christ seated between six male and female saints; also an inscription relating to a new saint (Eulalius) in a cubiculum of the 3rd century.

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CCUCUB

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MUMLUM

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