loculus [lok-yuh-luh s] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN noun, 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. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of loculus 1855–60; New Latin, special use of Latin loculus, diminutive of locus place; see locus, -ule Related formsin·ter·loc·u·lus, noun, plural in·ter·loc·u·li. Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for loculus Historical Examples of loculus
At the head and foot of the Loculus were iron rings whereby it could be lifted.
Thomas Carlyle
And the loculus was placed in the shrine, and the shrine for the present closed.
Curiosities of Christian History
Croake James
Locular, relating to the cell or compartment (Loculus) of an ovary, &c.
Asa Gray
The picture we are about to examine is found over a loculus or grave in this cemetery of Priscilla.
The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, February, 1865
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The body was then lifted to its place in the shrine, and the panels of the loculus refixed.
Curiosities of Christian History
Croake James