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serapeum

noun

serapeum is spelled S-E-R-A-P-E-U-M: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 41 million words in written English, the 196,618th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, serapeum means “A temple or other religious institution dedicated to the syncretic Greco-Egyptian deity Serapis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of serapeum is serapea.

How many letters and syllables are in serapeum?

Letters8: S-E-R-A-P-E-U-M
In writingabout once in every 41 million words; the 196,618th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is serapeum?

Serapeum appears about once in every 41 million words in written English, the 196,618th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Forms of serapeum

  • serapea plural
  • serapeium
  • serapeion

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does serapeum mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

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

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does serapeum come from?

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

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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