scriptorium

[ skrip-tawr-ee-uhm, -tohr- ]

noun,plural scrip·to·ri·ums, scrip·to·ri·a

[skrip-tawr-ee-uh, -tohr-]. /skrɪpˈtɔr i ə, -ˈtoʊr-/.

a room, as in a monastery, library, or other institution, where manuscripts are stored, read, or copied.

Origin of scriptorium

1765–75; <Medieval Latin scrīptōrium;see script, -tory²

Words Nearby scriptorium

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How to use scriptorium in a sentence

Every volume had to be returned before the lights were lit, and work ceased in the scriptorium the instant the daylight failed.
Robert Annys: Poor Priest | Annie Nathan Meyer
It lay in a conspicuous place in the scriptorium, and no one but the chronicler was permitted to make entries in it.
Robert Annys: Poor Priest | Annie Nathan Meyer
At last he turned his back resolutely upon the picture of loveliness and entered the scriptorium.
Robert Annys: Poor Priest | Annie Nathan Meyer
Every considerable monastery had a room, called scriptorium, where this work was performed.
View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 (of 3) | Henry Hallam
Day after day he would trudge from his mother's house, and she was a widow, up to the monks' scriptorium.
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British Dictionary definitions for scriptorium

scriptorium

/ (skrɪpˈtɔːrɪəm) /

nounplural -riums or -ria (-rɪə)

a room, esp in a monastery, set apart for the writing or copying of manuscripts

Origin of scriptorium

from Medieval Latin

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