sudatorium

[ soo-duh-tawr-ee-uh m, -tohr-ee-uh ]

/ ˌsu dəˈtɔr i əm, -ˈtoʊr i ə /

noun, plural su·da·to·ri·a [soo-duh-tawr-ee-uh, -tohr-] /ˌsu dəˈtɔr i ə, -ˈtoʊr-/.

a hot-air bath for inducing sweating.

Nearby words

Also sudatory.

Origin of sudatorium

1750–60; < Latin sūdātōrium, noun use of neuter of sūdātōrius sudatory; see -tory²

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Examples from the Web for sudatorium

This building was no doubt the sudatorium of the baths of Gallienus, which stood in his gardens and occupied this ground.
Rambles in Rome|S. Russell Forbes
In the sudatorium or sweating room of the ancients the body was immersed in heated sand.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley
Besides the Northgate, the Romans appear, according to remains found, to have contributed the inevitable bath and sudatorium.
Cathedral Cities of England|George Gilbert
Through the warm and milky vapours of the sudatorium could be caught glimpses of the red and naked bodies of notable citizens.
The Death of the Gods|Dmitri Mrejkowski

Were too many ventilators to be placed near the hotter end of the sudatorium, this stream would be diverted.
The Turkish Bath|Robert Owen Allsop

British Dictionary definitions for sudatorium

sudatorium

sudatory

/ (ˌsjuːdəˈtɔːrɪəm) /

noun plural -toria (-ˈtɔːrɪə) or -tories

a room, esp in a Roman bathhouse, where sweating is induced by heat

Word Origin for sudatorium

C18: from Latin, from sūdāre to sweat

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