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serapeion

serapeion is the alternative form of serapeum.

Meaning of serapeum

Noun

serapeum (plural serapea)

  1. (historical) A temple or other religious institution dedicated to the syncretic Greco-Egyptian deity Serapis.

Forms of serapeion

pluralserapeia

Questions about serapeion

What is serapeion the alternative form of?
Serapeion is the alternative form of serapeum.

Words near serapeion in the dictionary

  1. Seranos
  2. serape
  3. serape effect
  4. serapea
  5. serapeia
  6. serapeion
  7. serapeium
  8. serapes
  9. serapeum
  10. seraph
  11. seraphic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: serapeion (page history and authors); serapeum (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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