aedicule

See also: ædicule

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

aedicule (plural aedicules)

  1. A small house or room.
    • 2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, page 384:
      They built a rococo aedicule that stands around the Tomb today.
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