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antiquarium en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌan.tɪˈkwɛəɹi.əm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˌan.təˈkwɛɹi.əm/ (General-American)

Etymology

Meanings

  1. A place for keeping antiques.
    • Albrecht also provided for an antiquarium in the ducal Residenz, a room devoted to the display of Roman portrait busts (many bearing fanciful identifications) as a series of illustrious men. 2015, Nancy Thomson de Grummond, Encyclopedia of the History of Classical Archaeology:
    • […] to make preparations for establishing an antiquarium in the nymphaeum under the right side-aisle of the Church (below Zone CC-DD-EE). 1965, M. J. Vermaseren, C. C. Van Essen, The Excavations in the Mithraeum of the Church of Santa Pricsa in Rome: