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De - Pt| English Dictionary: scriptorium | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Scriptorium \Scrip*to"ri*um\, n.; pl. {Scriptoria}. [LL. See {Scriptory}.] In an abbey or monastery, the room set apart for writing or copying manuscripts; in general, a room devoted to writing. Writing rooms, or scriptoria, where the chief works of Latin literature . . . were copied and illuminated. --J. R. Green. | |
