armarian

[ ahr-mair-ee-uhn ]

nounHistory/Historical.

a monk in charge of the library and scriptorium in a monastery.

Origin of armarian

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1840–50; <Medieval Latin armāri(us), equivalent to armāri(a) library, originally neuter plural, derivative of Latin armārium (see armarium) + -an

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How to use armarian in a sentence

In all cases the armarian was instructed to make a short memorandum of the name of the book which he had lent or received.
Bibliomania in the Middle Ages | Frederick Somner Merryweather
Besides the duties which we have enumerated, there were others which it was the province of the armarian to fulfil.
Bibliomania in the Middle Ages | Frederick Somner Merryweather

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