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SCRIPTORIUM
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Irregular inflected form: scriptoria
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A room in a monastery that is set aside for writing or copying manuscripts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("scriptorium" is a kind of...):
room (an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling)
Holonyms ("scriptorium" is a part of...):
monastery (the residence of a religious community)