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SCRIPTORIUM

\skɹɪptˈɔːɹi͡əm], \skɹɪptˈɔːɹi‍əm], \s_k_ɹ_ɪ_p_t_ˈɔː_ɹ_iə_m]\

Definitions of SCRIPTORIUM

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases

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In an abbey or monastery, the room set apart for writing or copying manuscripts; in general, a room devoted to writing.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

In an abbey or monastery, the room set apart for writing or copying manuscripts; in general, a room devoted to writing.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

skrip-t[=o]'ri-um, n. a writing-room, esp. that in a monastery.--adj. SCRIP'TORY, written.

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

(pl. -s, -ia). Room set apart for writing esp. in monastery. [late Latin]

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

In the conventual life of the Middle Ages, was the room devoted to making copies of the Bible, or parts of it; the illumination of missals, etc.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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