单词 | locutorium |
释义 | locutoriumn. = locutory n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > monastic property (general) > monastery or convent > parts of monastery > [noun] > parlour speech-housec1050 parlour?c1225 colloque1482 locutory1482 speak-housec1650 parlatory1651 locutorium1655 parloir1728 speak-room1756 fratry1874 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. vi. 285 Adjoyning to it was the Locutorium, or Parlour, because there leave was given for the Monks to discourse, who were enjoyned silence elswhere. 1774 T. West Antiq. Furness (1805) 75 The times for conversation were, after dinner, in the Locutorium, or conversation-room. 1864 W. W. Skeat tr. J. L. Uhland Songs & Ballads 427 The locutorium's prattle Again the convent hears. 1883 Q. Rev. Oct. 420 She locked up the locutoria, the parlours where visitors were received. 1903 J. T. Fowler in Rites of Durham 238 The utter or outer Parlour, Locutorium, or Spekehouse, was usually on the western side of the cloister. 2012 R. Starks & M. Murcutt Room with Pew 107 He takes me by the elbow and steers me back through the locutorium and outside into the sunshine. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1655 |
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