salutatorium

American

[suh-loo-tuh-tawr-ee-uhm, -tohr-] / səˌlu təˈtɔr i əm, -ˈtoʊr- /

noun

a porch or room in a monastery or church serving as a meeting or almsgiving place for monks or priests and the laity.

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Noun Inflected Forms

salutatoria

plural

Etymology

Origin of salutatorium

1650–60; < Medieval Latin salūtātōrium, noun use of neuter of salūtātōrius salutatory

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salutatorium

But the Epigram which Agnellus quotes from this building would seem to suggest that the salutatorium was rather then rebuilt than added for the first time to the church.

From Ravenna, a Study by Edward Hutton

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