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▪ I. locutory, n.|ˈlɒkjʊtərɪ|
[ad. med.L. locūtōri-um, neut. of *locūtōri-us, f. locūtor: see prec. and -ory.]
An apartment in a monastery set apart for conversation, a parlour; occas. a grille at which the inmates of a monastery may speak with those outside (cf. med.L. locutoria fenestra).
1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 242 b/1 He brouȝt hym in to the parloure or locutorye. 1534More Comf. agst. Trib. ii. Wks. 1170/1 So came she to the grate that they cal (I trowe) the locutorye. 1669Woodhead St. Teresa ii. iii. 21, I was once with him in a Locutory. 1772Nugent tr. Hist. Friar Gerund I. 557 note, Parlatories, or Parlours, or Locutories. 1825Scott Betrothed xix, She left the betrothed parties in the locutory or parlour. 1841Gresley For. Arden 60 While Latimer waited in the locutory, the compline-service, or second vespers, were prolonged beyond the usual time. 1856R. A. Vaughan Mystics (1860) I. vi. iv. 178 Several monks in the locutory.
Also in L. form ‖ locutorium |lɒkjuːˈtɔərɪəm|.
1774T. West Antiq. Furness (1805) 75 The times for conversation were, after dinner, in the Locutorium, or conversation-room. 1864Skeat tr. Uhland's Poems 427 The locutorium's prattle Again the convent hears. 1883Q. Rev. Oct. 420 She locked up the locutoria, the parlours where visitors were received.
▪ II. ˈlocutory, a. rare—1.
[ad. L. *locūtōri-us (see locutory n.).]
Pertaining to speech.
1828Harrovian 45 Two worthies, whose locutory energies were considerably enhanced by a sapient shaking of the head. |