sudatorium

American  

[soo-duh-tawr-ee-uhm, -tohr-ee-uh] / ˌsu dəˈtɔr i əm, -ˈtoʊr i ə /

noun

• sudatoria
  plural

1. a hot-air bath for inducing sweating.

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sudatorium British  

/ ˌsjuːdəˈtɔːrɪəm /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• sudatoria
  plural

Etymology

Origin of sudatorium

1750–60; < Latin sūdātōrium, noun use of neuter of sūdātōrius sudatory; see -tory ²

Example Sentences

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sudatorium sudatoria

As the best position for a bather to assume in the sudatorium is one approaching to the horizontal, a bath cannot be considered complete unless a liberal number of marble-slabbed benches be provided.

From The Turkish Bath Its Design and Construction by Robert Owen Allsop

A sufficient air space, however, must be provided between the ceiling and roof, to prevent irradiation of heat—a remark that applies also to anything in the shape of a window in the sudatorium.

From The Turkish Bath Its Design and Construction by Robert Owen Allsop

The atmosphere of the sudatorium must be perfectly free from vapour.

From The Turkish Bath Its Design and Construction by Robert Owen Allsop

The two semi-circular recesses, or small rooms, to the north, I should consider were each a sudatorium if the floors had not been 2ft. 6in. lower than the adjoining apartment.

From The Excavations of Roman Baths at Bath by Charles E. Davis

Being then gradually warmed in the tepidarium, which has just been described, the delicate steps of the Pompeian elegant were conducted to the sudatorium.

From Last Days of Pompeii by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton

This, which maybe called miliaria sudatoria, has been confounded with other miliary fevers, and has made the existence of the latter doubted.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin