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auditorium|ɔːdɪˈtɔərɪəm|
[a. L. audītōrium lecture-room, audience, neut. of adj. audītōrius used subst.: see auditory and -orium.]
1. a. The part of a public building occupied by the audience; in ancient churches, the ‘nave.’ Also (U.S.) applied to the entire building.
1727–51Chambers Cycl., Auditory, Auditorium..was that part of the church where the audientes stood to hear, and be instructed. 1854W. Irving Let. 22 Nov. in P. M. Irving Life & Lett. (1864) IV. 158, I mingled in the crowd, and heard Bancroft's erudite address from the ‘auditorium’. 1881Daily News 12 Sept. 2/3 Every part of the auditorium, the boxes, upper circle, and gallery. 1928F. Hurst President is Born iv. 35 Bek..arranged his one-man [water-colour] show in the Auditorium of the Tallahassee High School. 1929H. G. Wells King who was King viii. 248 The lights in the auditorium [of the cinema] go up. 1954Manch. Guardian Weekly 18 Feb. 8/4 Joe's first stop was Charleston, West Virginia, where..he drew a good crowd of 2,800 to an auditorium that had seats for 3,517.
b. attrib.
1898J. Hollingshead Gaiety Chron. ii. 50 The room belonged to the auditorium side of the curtain. 1908Westm. Gaz. 7 July 10/1 The design of the Auditorium building is in the Renaissance style of architecture.
‖2. The reception-room of a monastery. (Med.L.)
1863J. Morison St. Bernard ii. ii. 196 In the ‘auditorium,’ or talking-room of the monastery. |