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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L., a temple of the Muses, hence, a place of study, fr. Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] a Muse.]

A repository or a collection of natural, scientific, or literary curiosities, or of works of art.

Museum beetle

Museum pest

(Zool.)

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Noun.

[Gr. a place for the muses or for study.]

A house or apartment appropriated as a repository of things that have an immediate relation to the arts; a cabinet of curiosities.

See also: museum, .museum, and Museum

muséum m ‎(plural muséums)

“muséum” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).