aedicule

aedicule
/ee"di kyoohl', ed"i-/, n.
1. a small building.
2. a small construction, as a shrine, designed in the form of a building.
[1825-35; < L aedicula, equiv. to aedi- (s. of aedes) temple, shrine (akin to Gk aíthein to blaze, aithér bright upper sky, ETHER) + -cula -CULE1]

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