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Definition of scriptorium noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

scriptorium

noun
 
/skrɪpˈtɔːriəm/
 
/skrɪpˈtɔːriəm/
(plural scriptoriums, scriptoria
 
/skrɪpˈtɔːriə/
 
/skrɪpˈtɔːriə/
)
(old use)
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  1. a room for writing in, especially in a monastery
    Word Originlate 18th cent.: from medieval Latin, from Latin script- ‘written’, from the verb scribere.
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