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loculus
[ lok-yuh-luhs ]
noun
, plural loc·u·li [lok, -y, uh, -lahy, -lee].
- Biology. locule.
- Ecclesiastical. a compartment in an altar, in which relics are kept.
- a recess in an ancient catacomb or tomb, where a body or cinerary urn was placed.
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Other Words From
- inter·locu·lus noun plural interloculi
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Interment in the wall-recess or loculus, though infinitely the most common, was not the only mode employed in the catacombs.
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Unilocular, ū-ni-lok′ū-lar, adj. having but one loculus or cavity, as the heart of an amphioxus.
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And the loculus was placed in the shrine, and the shrine for the present closed.
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The body was then lifted to its place in the shrine, and the panels of the loculus refixed.
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The picture we are about to examine is found over a loculus or grave in this cemetery of Priscilla.
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