excubitorium

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noun

A gallery in a church, used for all-night vigils.

OriginLatin excubitorium →
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Meanings

nounexcubitorium (plural excubitoria)

plural excubitoria

  1. historicalChristianityA gallery in a church, used for all-night vigils.

Origin

  1. Latinexcubitorium
  2. Englishexcubitorium

From Latin excubitorium, from ex (“out”) + cubare, cubitum (“to lie”).

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excubitorium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excubitorium

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“excubitorium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excubitorium. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “excubitorium,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/excubitorium.

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