locutory

American

[lok-yuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / ˈlɒk jəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

noun

locutorium.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

locutories

plural

Etymology

Origin of locutory

1475–85; < Medieval Latin locūtōrium, equivalent to locū-, base of loquī to speak + -tōrium -tory ²

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locutory locutories

The large infirmary no longer receiveth the sick; in the locutory sitteth no more the guest.

From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by William Harrison Ainsworth

He made also the tablet for the locutory in the chapel of St. Anne, towards the west.

From Bibliomania in the Middle Ages by Frederick Somner Merryweather

He was ushered into one of the locutories, or parlours, where, his business being with the prior, he was desired to wait until an audience could be granted.

From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by John Roby

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