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.

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loculus

Noun

  1. A little place or space; a cell; a chamberlet.
  2. 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.
  3. One of the spaces between the septa in the Anthozoa.
  4. One of the compartments of a several-celled ovary; loculament.


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