locutorium
Americannoun
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Origin of locutorium
First recorded in 1765–75; Latinized form of locutory
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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.
From The Coming of the Friars by Jessopp, Augustus
Hence its name of locutorium, or, in English, the parlour.
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)
This was inserted in 1874 in the wall in the same position as the former door into the monks' locutorium or parlour.
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)
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