Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small edifice; a shrine, usually in the shape of an architectural monument, or a niche for a reliquary or statue, etc., so ornamented as to be complete in itself and independent of the building with which it is connected.
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Examples
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Biddle is the last Archaeologist, along with his wife, who was given the official job of excavating the edicule can't remember spelling to determine if it was authentically the one Constantine put up.
Mythicist Misunderstanding James F. McGrath 2010
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It is a scientific marvel - the house, now enclosed in an edicule within the basilica, rests without foundations on the bare ground.
Archive 2006-07-02 Terry Nelson 2006
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It is a scientific marvel - the house, now enclosed in an edicule within the basilica, rests without foundations on the bare ground.
Islam and the Blessed Virgin Mary Terry Nelson 2006
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It is a scientific marvel - the house, now enclosed in an edicule within the basilica, rests without foundations on the bare ground.
Archive 2006-07-01 Terry Nelson 2006
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This has given it the shape of a cubical edicule, about ten feet in circumference and eight feet high.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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A typical passage reads: "The edicule itself is a four-square dusky construction with a small turret on the top and a quotation from the Gospels in Greek inscribed around the top of the walls".
PopMatters 2008
qms commented on the word edicule
Security forces have set a rule:
No backpack, no bag nor reticule,
And minimize talking
While doing your gawking
Inside of the sanctified edicule.
February 6, 2019