cubicula

(noun)

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

Related Terms

  • yncretism
  • domus ecclesiae
  • Catacombs
  • graven image
  • canonical
  • syncretism
  • sarcophagus

Examples of cubicula in the following topics:

  • Architecture at Pompeii

    • Cubicula, or rooms, lined the atrium, and at the far end was the tablinum.
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