aedicule

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noun

A small house or room.

OriginLatin aedicula →
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Meanings

nounaedicule (plural aedicules)

plural aedicules · alternative ædicule

  1. A small house or room.

    They built a rococo aedicule that stands around the Tomb today.

    2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, page 384

Origin

  1. Latinaedicula“small house”
  2. Englishaedicule

From Latin aedicula (“small house”), diminutive of aedēs (“a house”) + -culus.

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APA

aedicule. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aedicule

MLA

“aedicule.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aedicule. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aedicule,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aedicule.

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