dorter

American  

[dawr-ter] / ˈdɔr tər /

Or dortour

noun

1. a dormitory, especially in a monastery.

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Etymology

Origin of dorter

1250–1300; Middle English dortour < Old French < Latin dormītōrium dormitory

Example Sentences

These injunctions against the use of the dorter by seculars illustrate another aspect of the movement for enclosure.

From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen

Moreover in some cases adult boarders and servants also slept in the dorter.

From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen

The dorter then may be assumed to have occupied the space between the chapter-house and the end of the east alley of the cloister.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See by Massé, H. J. L. J. (Henri Jean Louis Joseph)

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 Power, Eileen

Atwater enjoins “that infants and small children be not admitted into the dorter of the nuns.”

From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen