triclinia
- plural of triclinium.
Example Sentences
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As triclinia were placed in eating-rooms, such a room is sometimes called triclinium.
From Plutarch's Lives Volume III. by Stewart, Aubrey
It was adorned with pillars of Hymettian marble, with expensive vases, and triclinia inlaid with brass.
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
Overshadowing the Herod till in very despair he hath taken to racing and left the triclinia and the atria to thee!
From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Miller, Elizabeth
The triclinia were open at one end, i.e. not shut up as our dining-rooms are, and the air would not get close and "dinnery."
From Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero by Fowler, W. Warde
The Parasites, when there was not room for them on the "triclinia," or "couches" at table, were forced to sit on "subsellia," or "benches," at the bottom of the table.
From The Captiva and the Mostellaria by Riley, Henry T. (Henry Thomas)
