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Webster 1913 Edition

Dormitory

Dor′mi-to-ry

,
Noun.
;
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dormitory

DORMITORY

,
Noun.
[L., to sleep.]
1.
A place, building or room to sleep in.
2.
A gallery in convents divided into several cells, where the religious sleep.
3.
A burial place.

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