loculus.

1. A small compartment or niche for a body, bones, or funerary remains, especially in a tomb or catacomb.

2. A small cavity or compartment within a biological structure.

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Words that belong together

• a burial loculus
• a sealed loculus
• loculi in a catacomb

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One loculus had been opened and resealed with newer mortar.

The names above the loculi had worn away while the compartments remained intact.

Usage notes

Primary category: gothic. Forms: Singular loculus; plural loculi. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.