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 a storage or display room in a castle, church, university, or the like, where pertinent historical documents and records are kept.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

In the central one, which is used as a muniment room, there is preserved an invaluable curiosity, an original copy of the Magna Charta of King Henry III.

From The Pencil of Nature by Talbot, William Henry Fox

Most of my time now, however,' he said in conclusion, 'is spent in the muniment room upstairs, so that you may count this room as your own, and may smoke as much as you please.

From Border Ghost Stories by Pease, Howard

A muniment room containing the celebrated parish registers mentioned by Macaulay, was built in memory of Alderman Graves by his son, and the baptistery, in memory of Thomas Chesters, by his son.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Manchester A Short History and Description of the Church and of the Collegiate Buildings now known as Chetham's Hospital by Perkins, Thomas, Rev.

Against this theory, however, it might be urged that the muniment room at the angle of the south-east transept is identified as the ancient treasury.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Salisbury A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the See of Sarum by White, Gleeson

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

From The Man and the Moment by Glyn, Elinor