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View synonyms for thermae
thermae
[ thur-mee ]
noun
, (used with a plural verb)
- hot springs; hot baths.
- a public bathing establishment of the ancient Greeks or Romans.
thermae
/ ˈθɜːmiː /
plural noun
- public baths or hot springs, esp in ancient Greece or Rome
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of thermae1
C17: from Latin, from Greek thermai, pl of thermē heat
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Example Sentences
It leaves on the right the great Thermae of Constantine, of which the Austrians have cleared out the south-east part.
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Ruins of the thermae of Caracalla and of Titus are still standing.
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One (Maxentius) is entirely a vaulted structure and in form resembles the great halls of the Roman Thermae.
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Within the town are remains of thermae on the north of the Via Appia and of a theatre opposite, on the south.
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In the great Roman thermae (baths) they were of large size, and like apses were covered with a hemispherical vault.
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