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scriptorium

[ skrip-tawr-ee-uhm, -tohr- ]

noun

, plural scrip·to·ri·ums, scrip·to·ri·a [skrip-, tawr, -ee-, uh, -, tohr, -].
  1. a room, as in a monastery, library, or other institution, where manuscripts are stored, read, or copied.


scriptorium

/ skrɪpˈtɔːrɪəm /

noun

  1. a room, esp in a monastery, set apart for the writing or copying of manuscripts
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of scriptorium1

1765–75; < Medieval Latin scrīptōrium; script, -tory 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of scriptorium1

from Medieval Latin
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Example Sentences

Every volume had to be returned before the lights were lit, and work ceased in the scriptorium the instant the daylight failed.

It lay in a conspicuous place in the scriptorium, and no one but the chronicler was permitted to make entries in it.

At last he turned his back resolutely upon the picture of loveliness and entered the scriptorium.

Every considerable monastery had a room, called Scriptorium, where this work was performed.

Day after day he would trudge from his mother's house, and she was a widow, up to the monks' Scriptorium.

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