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arcosolium|ɑːkəʊˈsəʊlɪəm|
Pl. -ia.
[med.L., f. arcus bow, arch + solium seat, sarcophagus.]
An arched cell or niche, vaulted in semi-circular form, serving as a tomb in the Roman catacombs.
1876[see table-tomb s.v. table n. 22]. 190519th Cent. Nov. 785 Both the ‘table-tomb’ and the ‘arcosolium’ are as a rule confined to those many crypts..which opened out of the various galleries. |