loculus 的定义
plural loc·u·li [lok-yuh-lahy, -lee]. /ˈlɒk yəˌlaɪ, -ˌli/.
- Biology. locule.
- Ecclesiastical. a compartment in an altar, in which relics are kept.
- a recess in an ancient catacomb or tomb, where a body or cinerary urn was placed.
更多loculus例句
- Interment in the wall-recess or loculus, though infinitely the most common, was not the only mode employed in the catacombs.
- Unilocular, ū-ni-lok′ū-lar, adj. having but one loculus or cavity, as the heart of an amphioxus.
- And the loculus was placed in the shrine, and the shrine for the present closed.
- The body was then lifted to its place in the shrine, and the panels of the loculus refixed.
- The picture we are about to examine is found over a loculus or grave in this cemetery of Priscilla.