English-Thai Dictionary
scriptorium
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
SCRIPTORIUM
Scrip *to "ri *um, n.; pl. Scriptoria. Etym: [LL. See Scriptory. ]
Defn: 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
scriptorium
scrip to ri um |ˌskripˈtôrēəm ˌskrɪpˈtɔriəm | ▶noun ( pl. scriptoria |-ˈtôrēə | or scriptoriums ) chiefly historical a room set apart for writing, esp. one in a monastery where manuscripts were copied. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from medieval Latin, from Latin script- ‘written, ’ from the verb scribere.
Oxford Dictionary
scriptorium
scriptorium |skrɪpˈtɔːrɪəm | ▶noun ( pl. scriptoria |-rɪə | or scriptoriums ) chiefly historical a room set apart for writing, especially one in a monastery where manuscripts were copied. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from medieval Latin, from Latin script- ‘written ’, from the verb scribere.
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