aedicule

See also: ædicule

English

Alternative forms

• ædicule (archaic)

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.