sudatorium
a hot-air bath for inducing sweating.
Origin of sudatorium
1- Also sudatory.
Words Nearby sudatorium
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How to use sudatorium in a sentence
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 ForbesThrough 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 MrejkowskiThe atmosphere of the sudatorium must be perfectly free from vapour.
The Turkish Bath | Robert Owen AllsopIn the sudatorium or sweating room of the ancients the body was immersed in heated sand.
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
sudatory
/ (ˌsjuːdəˈtɔːrɪəm) /
a room, esp in a Roman bathhouse, where sweating is induced by heat
Origin of sudatorium
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