(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:48:58

Sa*cra"ri*um (?), n.; pl. -ria (#). [L., fr. sacer sacred.]

1.

A sort of family chapel in the houses of the Romans, devoted to a special divinity.

2.

The adytum of a temple.

Gwilt.

3.

In a Christian church, the sanctuary.

 

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