muniment room

American  

noun

British.

1. a storage or display room in a castle, church, university, or the like, where pertinent historical documents and records are kept.

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Etymology

Origin of muniment room

First recorded in 1655–65

Example Sentences

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muniment room

He had examined the muniment room and found part of the wall broken down, and in the room two boxes of papers which had been taken from a recess which the breach had disclosed.

From The Great House by Stanley John Weyman

He studied his family records, too, getting all sorts of interesting documents out of his muniment room.

From The Man and the Moment by Elinor Glyn

He thought it improbable that, with General Sadgrove in the house and Azimoolah somewhere loose around it, any of the gang would break in unseen, still less that they would reach the muniment room.

From The Duke Decides by Headon Hill

Beaumanoir had just rounded off his forecast in this satisfactory manner when he was suddenly startled back into the present by a faint sound far down the corridor on which the muniment room abutted.

From The Duke Decides by Headon Hill

It has served the purposes of a muniment room, a Masonic lodge room, a tailor's workshop, a practising room for the choristers, a class-room for the Grammar School.

From The Cathedral Church of Peterborough A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See by W. D. (Walter Debenham) Sweeting