Cubiculum Definition

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.