sacella

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sacella - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sacellum \Sa*cel"lum\, n.; pl. Sacella. [L., dim. of sacrum a
     sacred place.]
     (a) (Rom. Antiq.) An unroofed space consecrated to a
         divinity.
     (b) (Eccl.) A small monumental chapel in a church. --Shipley.
         [1913 Webster]