ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Accubitum

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Accubitum is a noun meaning A bench or sofa for reclining at a table; often used by ancient Roman and Greek nobility.

Meaning

A bench or sofa for reclining at a table; often used by ancient Roman and Greek nobility.

More Meanings

  1. A round dining table.
  2. A dining hall or refectory.

Example Sentences

This may have been an accubitum with magical qualities of procreation for sterile husbands who slept on this stone.
Seated on the accubitum used at the Last Supper, the disciples are undoing their sandals in preparation for the Washing of the Feet.
The circular attic is roofed with a dome, and inside it the oval table - the accubitum - is set, and the disciples around it are untying their shoes.
Half share of dining room on second story, fourth of open air apartment above the accubitum with half of porch, pylon, terrace, passage way and bake shop.

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