scriptorium

[skrip-tawr-ee-uh m, -tohr-]

noun, plural scrip·to·ri·ums, scrip·to·ri·a [skrip-tawr-ee-uh, -tohr-] /skrɪpˈtɔr i ə, -ˈtoʊr-/.

a room, as in a monastery, library, or other institution, where manuscripts are stored, read, or copied.

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Origin of scriptorium

1765–75; < Medieval Latin scrīptōrium; see script, -tory²

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Examples from the Web for scriptorium

He would go back to the Scriptorium, and all would be as it had been before.
Queed|Henry Sydnor Harrison
It did not take long for Brother Basil to find out how fascinated the herd-boy was with the work of the scriptorium.
Masters of the Guild|L. Lamprey
He was aware that, personally, he wished himself back at Mrs. Paynter's and the Scriptorium.
Queed|Henry Sydnor Harrison
One of his best men was Cassiodorus, the man who evolved the scheme of the scriptorium.
Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers|Elbert Hubbard

We can picture to ourselves Diemudis in her conventual dress, seated in the scriptorium, with her materials for chirography.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866|Various

British Dictionary definitions for scriptorium

scriptorium

noun plural -riums or -ria (-rɪə)

a room, esp in a monastery, set apart for the writing or copying of manuscripts

Word Origin for scriptorium

from Medieval Latin

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Word Origin and History for scriptorium

scriptorium

"writing room," 1774, from Late Latin scriptorium "place for writing," noun use of neuter of Latin scriptorius "pertaining to writing," from Latin scriptus, past participle of scribere "to write" (see script (n.)).