Definition of "sacellum" []

• A small chapel, as a monument within a church (noun)
• A shrine open to the sky, sometimes used for sacrificial purposes, or in honor of the divine (noun)

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• "In that case, the open front and the niche in the back wall could suggest that one is dealing here with a kind of sacellum (or shrine) dedicated to the cult of Marcus Aurelius, to whom the whole complex was dedicated."
• "The other appellation "sacellum," applied by Boece to the hermit's chapel, is a better known and more classical word than the capellula of the _Scotichronicon_."
• "Cicero himself has left us a complete definition of the word, for he has described "sacellum" as "locus parvus deo sacratus cum ara." ["