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aedicule

aedicule noun: a small house or room.

Noun

aedicule (plural aedicules)

  1. A small house or room.
    • They built a rococo aedicule that stands around the Tomb today.2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, page 384

Forms of aedicule

pluralaedicules
alternative formædicule

Origin of aedicule

From Latin aedicula (“small house”), diminutive of aedēs (“a house”) + -culus.

Questions about aedicule

What does aedicule mean?
Aedicule means a small house or room.
What part of speech is aedicule?
Aedicule is a noun.
What is the plural of aedicule?
The plural of aedicule is aedicules.

Words near aedicule in the dictionary

  1. aedeagovolsellar
  2. aedeagus
  3. aedicula
  4. aediculae
  5. aedicular
  6. aedicule
  7. aedicules
  8. aedificichnia
  9. aedile
  10. aediles
  11. aedileship

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