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delubrum

[ duh-loo-bruhm ]

noun

plural delubra
  1. (in ancient Rome) a temple, shrine, or sanctuary.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of delubrum1

1655–65; < Latin »åŧ±ôÅ«²ú°ù³Ü³¾, apparently equivalent to »åŧ±ô³Ü ( ere ) to wash off ( »åŧ- de- + -luere, combining form of lavere to wash) + -brum instrumental suffix
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Example Sentences

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Ac sacram resonare viam mugitibus, ante Delubrum Rom�; colitur nam sanguine et ipsa More de�, nomenque loci, ceu numen, habetur.

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Delubrum, de-lū′brum, n. a temple, shrine, sanctuary: a church having a font, a fort.

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In a narrower sense, templum denotes a great temple of one of the principal gods; whereas fanum and delubrum, a smaller temple of an inferior god, or of a hero, etc.

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Delubrum comprehended several deities under one roof.

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Marucchi, in the same place, says that in the porticoes of the upper temple are traces of mosaic which he attributes to the gift of Sulla mentioned by Pliny XXXVI, 189, but in urging this he must shift delubrum Fortunæ to the Cortina terrace and that is entirely impossible.

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