LOCULUS
Loculus
Loculus, plural loculi, is an architectural niche that houses a body, as in a catacomb, hypogeum, mausoleum or other place of entombment. In classical antiquity, the mouth of the loculus might be closed with a sculptural slab.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Loculus (architecture)
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loculus
Noun
- A little place or space; a cell; a chamberlet.
- In ancient catacombs and tombs of some types, a small separate chamber or recess cut into the rock, for the reception of a body or urn.
- One of the spaces between the septa in the Anthozoa.
- One of the compartments of a several-celled ovary; loculament.
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