Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Sacellum

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

SACEL'LUM (περίβολος). A diminutive from Sacrum. A small enclosed precinct, either square or round, consecrated to a divinity, and containing an altar (C. Trebat. ap. Gell. vi. 12.), but not roofed over (Festus s. v.). Such a spot was often set apart by individuals on their own property in honour of some favourite deity, as well as by the state, for public reverence. Cic. Div. i. 46. Id. Agr. ii. 14. Ov. Fast. i. 275.