Dormitory \Dor"mi*to*ry\, n.; pl. Dormitories. [L. dormitorium, fr. dormitorius of or for sleeping, fr. dormire to sleep. See Dormant.]

1. A sleeping room, or a building containing a series of sleeping rooms; a sleeping apartment capable of containing many beds; esp., one connected with a college or boarding school. --Thackeray.

2. A burial place. [Obs.]

--Ayliffe.

My sister was interred in a very honorable manner in our dormitory, joining to the parish church. --Evelyn.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)