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Sacrarium \Sa*cra"ri*um\, n.; pl. -ria. [L., fr. sacer sacred.]

1. A sort of family chapel in the houses of the Romans, devoted to a special divinity.

2. The adytum of a temple. --Gwilt.

3. In a Christian church, the sanctuary.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Fumatorium \Fu`ma*to"ri*um\, n.; L. pl. -ria. [NL., fr. L. fumare, fumatum, to smoke.]

An air-tight compartment in which vapor may be generated to destroy germs or insects; esp., the apparatus used to destroy San Jos['e] scale on nursery stock, with hydrocyanic acid vapor.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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