dorter
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of dorter
1250–1300; Middle English dortour < Old French < Latin dormītōrium dormitory
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In the northern chamber the vault is kept low and segmental, on account of the passage above it of the dorter stair to the church....
From The Care of Books by John Willis Clark
Thinking that some man had got in, she recoiled in alarm and fell down the dorter stairs, so that for some days she lay ill of the sudden fright as well as of the fall....
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Eileen Power
Dame Alice Thornton says that young secular folk female, of eight or ten years old, do lie in the dorter, but in separate beds....
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Eileen Power
Another habit against which bishops constantly legislated was that of having the children to sleep in the dorter with the nuns.
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Eileen Power
It is common to find among episcopal injunctions to nunneries one to the effect that no secular woman is to sleep in the dorter with the nuns.
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Eileen Power
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