muniment room

noun

, British.

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 a storage or display room in a castle, church, university, or the like, where pertinent historical documents and records are kept.

Word History and Origins

Origin of muniment room¹

First recorded in 1655–65

Example Sentences

The upper part above the porch proper contains, as mentioned above, a lofty chamber, probably originally the muniment-room.

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The instance is taken from a map of the manor of Edgeware now in the All Souls muniment room.

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These marks were noted in a variety of documents, belonging to the Corporation, one preserved in their muniment room.

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Chatterton pretended to have found these among the contents of an old chest in the muniment room of St. Mary Redcliff's.

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The upper storey, which until recently was used as the muniment room, was originally the chapel of St. Chad's Head.

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