English Explanatory Dictionary

serapeum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A temple or other religious institution dedicated to the syncretic Greco-Egyptian deity Serapis.

Word forms

serapeum serapea serapeium serapeion

Etymology

From Latin [Term?], from Ancient Greek Σεραπεῖον (Serapeîon).

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