Complete Definition of "cubiculum"

English

Etymology
From L. #Latin|cubiculum "bedroom," probably cognate with cubus "cube" or cubare "to lie down"

Noun
en-noun|s|pl2=cubicula

  1. A small room, especially a bedroom, typically those small rooms found on the upper floor of a Roman house.
  2. A small room carved out of the wall of a catacomb, used as mortuary chapels, and in Roman times, for Christian worship.

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