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sacella

sacella is the plural of sacellum.

Meaning of sacellum

Noun

sacellum (plural sacella)

  1. A small chapel, as a monument within a church.
  2. (historical) In Ancient Rome, a shrine open to the sky, sometimes used for sacrificial purposes, or in honor of the divine.

Questions about sacella

What is sacella the plural of?
Sacella is the plural of sacellum.

Words near sacella in the dictionary

  1. sacculoutricular
  2. sacculus
  3. saccus
  4. SACD
  5. SACDs
  6. sacella
  7. sacellum
  8. sacer vates
  9. sacerdocies
  10. sacerdocy
  11. sacerdotage

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sacella (page history and authors); sacellum (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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