Etymology: < Latin diribitōrium, < diribēre to distribute, < dir-, dis- asunder + habēre to hold.
Obsolete.
(See quot. 1656.)
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1656 T. BlountGlossographiaDiribitory, a place wherein Souldiers are numbered, mustered, and receive their pay; A place where the Romans gave their voyces.
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