sudatory

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

/ ˈsu dəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

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adjective

pertaining to or causing sweating.

pertaining to a sudatorium.

noun, plural su·da·to·ries.

sudatorium.

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Origin of sudatory

1590–1600; <Latin sūdātōrius inducing sweat, equivalent to sūdā(re) to sweat + -tōrius-tory¹

Words nearby sudatory

Sudan grass, Sudanic, sudarium, sudatio, sudatorium, sudatory, Sudbury, sudd, sudden, sudden adult death syndrome, sudden death

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How to use sudatory in a sentence

The shrubbery around the sudatory is in many localities tied up with willow wisps and ropes.
Illustration Of The Method Of Recording Indian Languages|J.O. Dorsey, A.S. Gatschet, and S.R. Riggs
It serves also as place of assembly and at least at times as sudatory, whence its popular name of sweat-house.
The Religion of the Indians of California|A. L. Kroeber
A hut is built, to be used as a sudatory (as will be related below).
Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, v. 23|Various
All shrivelled up as we were by the heat—for we were almost past the sudatory stage—we drank in some refreshment from the scenery.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847|Various

Early on the day of his initiation the candidate returns to the sudatory to await the coming of his preceptor.
The Mide'wiwin or "Grand Medicine Society" of the Ojibwa|Walter James Hoffman

British Dictionary definitions for sudatory

sudatory

/ (ˈsjuːdətərɪ, -trɪ) /

adjective

relating to or producing sweating; sudorific

noun plural -ries

med a sudatory agent

another word for sudatorium

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