spectatoryn.
/spɛkˈteɪtəri/ 1. A body of spectators.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] > beholder or spectator > at a show or spectacle > audience
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1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 29 887 They anticipated or rather turned the tables on the audience or spectatory.
2. The part of a building intended for, or assigned to, spectators.
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society > leisure > sport > place for sports or games > [noun] > accommodation for spectators
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > place where view obtained > [noun] > gallery or stand for spectators
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1829 H. Foote Compan. to Theatres 135 Such as do not wish to mix in their frolics, may witness them from the spectatory of the theatre.
1836 G. Clarke Pompeii I. 286 Galleries gave access to the spectatory at different elevations.
1837 Penny Cycl. IX. 3/2 The spectatory or saloon for the visitors is a rotunda 40 feet in diameter.
1881 P. Fitzgerald World behind Scenes i. ii. 21 One of the most difficult questions is how is the salle or ‘spectatory’, as old writers call it—not a bad word either—to be effectively lighted.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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