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Definition of Nymphaeum
1. Noun. An ancient Greek or Roman shrine consecrated to water nymphs, often with a fountain. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nymphaeum
1. a temple [n NYMPHAEUMS or NYMPHAEA] - See also: temple
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nymphaeum
Literary usage of Nymphaeum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Being a Continuation of the by Samuel Cheetham (1880)
"Anasta- "* Komis th«ta "nymphaeum," surrounded ". ... of the 7th century, which
he considers to have been a " nymphaeum " in the atrium of a church. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Comprising the History, Institutions by William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1880)
"Anastasias records that a " nymphaeum," surrounded by a triple arcade, was erected
by pope Hilary in front of the basilica of St. Cross in Rome (Anastas. ..."
3. Moslem Architecture: Its Origins and Development by Giovanni Teresio Rivoira (1918)
"Not to speak of the still surviving examples on a grand scale, represented by
the nymphaeum of the ..."
4. Historic and Monumental Rome: A Handbook for the Students of Classical and by Charles Isidore Hemans (1874)
"... fane to Venus " in the grotto, or nymphaeum, of the lady, Glycera, for whom
he wrote the complimentary ode invoking that goddess on her ..."
5. The Archæology of Rome by John Henry Parker (1876)
"Minerva Medica, all which agrees with the existing remains of this nymphaeum.
In the same vineyard, to the north-west or opposite side of the Minerva Medica ..."
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