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Webster 1913 Edition
Scriptorium
Scrip-to′ri-um
,Noun.
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.