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locutory

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[lok-yuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / ˈlɒk yəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

noun

plural

locutories

  1. locutorium.

Etymology

Origin of locutory

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

Example Sentences

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

From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by Ainsworth, William Harrison

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

From Bibliomania in the Middle Ages by Merryweather, Frederick Somner

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