locutory

[ lok-yuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

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noun

, plural loc·u·to·ries.

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1475–85; < Medieval Latin locūtōrium, equivalent to locū-, base of loquī to speak + -tōrium -tory ²

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The large infirmary no longer receiveth the sick; in the locutory sitteth no more the guest.

A door in the last bay leads to the Choir School; this was formerly the Locutory, where the monks indulged in their daily gossip.

He made also the tablet for the locutory in the chapel of St. Anne, towards the west.

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