salutatorium

[ suh-loo-tuh-tawr-ee-uhm, -tohr- ]

noun

, plural sa·lu·ta·to·ri·a [s, uh, -loo-t, uh, -, tawr, -ee-, uh, -, tohr, -].

1. a porch or room in a monastery or church serving as a meeting or almsgiving place for monks or priests and the laity.

Word History and Origins

Origin of salutatorium¹

1650–60; < Medieval Latin salūtātōrium, noun use of neuter of salūtātōrius salutatory

Example Sentences

But the Epigram which Agnellus quotes from this building would seem to suggest that the salutatorium was rather then rebuilt than added for the first time to the church.

From Project Gutenberg