locutorium
Americannoun
plural
locutoriaEtymology
Origin of locutorium
First recorded in 1765–75; Latinized form of locutory
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This was inserted in 1874 in the wall in the same position as the former door into the monks' locutorium or parlour.
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Hence its name of locutorium, or, in English, the parlour.
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He gave costly gifts to the church, built the chapter-house and the Locutorium, the Chapel of St. Nicholas, part of the cloister, the long stable, granary, larder, and two solars.
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There were the infirmary and the hospital; the calefactory or warming apparatus, the recreation hall and the winter hall, the locutorium and the common hall, and I know not what besides.
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