different between shrine vs sacellum

English

Etymology

From Middle English shryne, from Old English scr?n (“reliquary, ark of the covenant”), from Latin scr?nium (“case or chest for books or papers”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Compare Old Norse skrín, Old High German skr?ni (German Schrein).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a??n/
• Rhymes: -a?n

Noun

shrine (plural shrines)

1. A holy or sacred place dedicated to a specific deity, ancestor, hero, martyr, saint, or similar figure of awe and respect, at which said figure is venerated or worshipped.
2. A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint.
3. (figuratively) A place or object hallowed from its history or associations.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

shrine (third-person singular simple present shrines, present participle shrining, simple past and past participle shrined)

1. To enshrine; to place reverently, as if in a shrine.

Translations

Anagrams

• Hiners, Hirens, Shiner, renshi, rhines, shiner

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin 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.

Latin

Etymology

A diminutive from sacer (“sacred, dedicated”) +? -lus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /sa?kel.lum/, [s?ä?k?l?????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sa?t??el.lum/, [s??t???l?um]

Noun

sacellum n (genitive sacell?); second declension

1. A sanctuary dedicated to a deity, usually open to the sky
2. A chapel

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Synonyms

• (chapel): aedicula

Related terms

• sacer

Descendants

• English: sacellum

References

• sacellum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sacellum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sacellum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• sacellum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• sacellum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sacellum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin