Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), Sacellum

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Sacellum

The Latin name for a small sanctuary, which was a mere altar, or an enclosed uncovered place with an altar, or a little temple with

Sacellum at Pompeii.

either an altar or an image for purposes of worship. In Rome the greater part of these sanctuaries were among the oldest and holiest places of worship.

Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898.

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