sacrarium Latin · revision 8536

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la sacer}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [saˈkraː.ri.ũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [saˈkraː.ri.um]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sacrārium''' ''n'' (genitive sacrāriī or sacrārī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[sacer]] “sacred” with the suffix [[-ārium]] “place for”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Cicero, whom he dates 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a sanctuary or shrine where sacred objects were kept.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short add a place for prayer and a sacristy.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for the Temple in Jerusalem or its inner sanctuary, and for the holy place of a church.^(DMLBS) Köbler traces Old High German ''sagarāri'' “sacristy” to it.^(Köbler 2010) It was borrowed into Italian ''sacrario'' and [[en|sacrarium]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|shrine]], sanctuary.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A sacristy.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sacer]]

+ * [[sacerdōs]]

+ * [[sacerdōtālis]]

+ * [[sacerdōtium]]

+ * [[sacerdōtula]]

+ * [[sacrāmentālis]]

+ * [[sacrāmentum]]

+ * [[sacrārius]]

+ * [[sacrātē]]

+ * [[sacrātiō]]

+ * [[en|sacrarium]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}