locutorium

[ loh-kyoo-tawr-ee-uhm, -tohr-, lok-yoo- ]

noun

, plural lo·cu·to·ri·a [loh-ky, oo, -, tawr, -ee-, uh, -, tohr, -, lok-y, oo, -].

1. parlor ( def 4 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of locutorium¹

First recorded in 1765–75; Latinized form of locutory

Example Sentences

This was inserted in 1874 in the wall in the same position as the former door into the monks' locutorium or parlour.

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Hence its name of locutorium, or, in English, the parlour.

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He gave costly gifts to the church, built the chapter-house and the Locutorium, the Chapel of St. Nicholas, part of the cloister, the long stable, granary, larder, and two solars.

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There were the infirmary and the hospital; the calefactory or warming apparatus, the recreation hall and the winter hall, the locutorium and the common hall, and I know not what besides.

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