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aedicule
[ ee-di-kyool, ed-i- ]
noun
- a small building.
- a small construction, as a shrine, designed in the form of a building.
aedicule
/ ˈɛdɪˌkjuːl /
noun
- an opening such as a door or a window, framed by columns on either side, and a pediment above
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of aedicule1
Example Sentences
A Greek team headed the 2016 restoration project to preserve the aedicule, a large structure inside the church housing the tomb.
A Greek team headed the 2016 restoration project to preserve the aedicule, a large structure inside the church housing the tomb.
The marble shrine, known as the Aedicule, was built in its existing form in 1810 during the Ottoman era and has been crumbling lately.
Under the direction of Antonia Moropoulou from National Technical University, the conservation experts removed the iron cage built by the British in 1947 to shore up the earthquake-damaged Aedicule and then began taking apart the shrine piece by piece.
But in recent weeks, scaffolding has gone up a few feet from the shrine in the gloomy shadows of the Arches of the Virgin, the first step in a rare agreement by the various Christian communities to save the dilapidated shrine, also called the Aedicule, from falling down.
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