GLOSSARY (In constant update!)

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We are starting to use terms that are not in the regular conversation, so I'll build a glossary with all those terms. As an architect and lover of research, I take very seriously my sources of information and usage of terms, so I'll do my best to gather them all here! Please take into account that some terms may not be referenced directly as they come from my professional background and thought process, either way, I'll let you know.

This will be in a constant update!

Legend:

🔸 Personal interpretation.

🔹 Referenced.

➰ Mixed.

• 🔸 Architecture: the physical scenario in which an activity is developed, it could be a "human" created or designed space.
• ➰ Chthonic: from Greek Khton, meaning earth, and it relates to the deities, spirits, and other beings dwelling under the earth. Concerning/belonging to, or inhabiting the underworld.
• 🔹 Crypt: from the Greek Kruptos hidden. A chamber (such as a vault) is wholly or partly underground. (crypt. (2022). In The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crypt)
• 🔹 Loculus: In a catacomb or a subway cemetery, funerary niches (1) are excavated and arranged lengthwise and superimposed on the walls of the narrow corridors and in their crypts, wider. In these, also called cubicles (1), loculi alternate with arcosolia. (lóculos. (2021, July 29). Glosario Ilustrado De Arte Arquitectónico. https://www.glosarioarquitectonico.com/glossary/loculos/)
• 🔹 Mephitic: of, relating to, or resembling mephitis: foul-smelling. Early 17th century: from late Latin mephiticus, from mephitis ‘noxious exhalation’. (mephitic. (n.d.). In The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mephitic)
• 🔹 Nekuomanteion: means "prophecy - place of the dead". First found in the fifth century B.C. (Ogden, D. (2004). Greek and Roman Necromancy. Princeton University Press.)
• 🔹 Nekromanteion: means "seeing-place of the dead".  (Ogden, D. (2004). Greek and Roman Necromancy. Princeton University Press.)
• 🔹 Psuchagogion: means "drawing - place of ghosts". Fourth century B.C. (Ogden, D. (2004). Greek and Roman Necromancy. Princeton University Press.)
• 🔹 Psuchomanteion: means "prophecy - place of ghosts", and comes from the end of the fourth century. (Ogden, D. (2004). Greek and Roman Necromancy. Princeton University Press.)
• 🔹 Psuchopompeion: means "sending - place of ghosts". Plutarch, ca. A.D. 100. (Ogden, D. (2004). Greek and Roman Necromancy. Princeton University Press.)
• 🔸 Rock-cut architecture: an architectural structure that's carved out of pure rock, it has various uses, from tombs to shrines.