n. A room for conversation; especially, a room in monasteries, where the monks were allowed to converse.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A room for conversation; especially, a room in monasteries, where the monks were allowed to converse.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A room for conversation; especially, a place in a monastery where the monks were allowed to converse with those who were not connected with the monastery, when silence was enjoined elsewhere.
Pertaining to or producing speech.
Word Usage
"He made also the tablet for the locutory in the chapel of St. Anne, towards the west."