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Scriptorium

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A room in a monastery set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts and records.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A room set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts and records, especially such a room in a monastery.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. In an abbey or monastery, the room set apart for writing or copying manuscripts; in general, a room devoted to writing.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A writing-room; specifically, the room set apart in a monastery or an abbey for the writing or copying of manuscripts.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a room in a monastery that is set aside for writing or copying manuscripts

Word Usage

"This den -- he spoke of it as his 'scriptorium' -- had a window looking out upon an elevated railway, along which the trains of the London, Chatham, and Dover line banged and rattled all day long."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

room

Variant

scriptoria

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