theatrumn.
/teɪˈɑːtrəm/ Theatre, playhouse.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > [noun]
houseOE
playhouseOE
playing-placea1375
showplace1560
show hall1562
theatre?1577
theatre-house1578
cockpita1616
stage-house1638
show house1674
saloon1747
theatrum1786
spellkenc1800
hippodrome1811
spell1819
show-box1822
1786 Independent Jrnl. (N.Y.) 5 Aug. 2 The Pit is very large, and the Theatrum and Orchestra elegant and commodious.
1890 E. Dowson Let. 23 Feb. (1967) 139 We must try & work a theatrum this week.
1967 Oxf. Compan. Theatre (ed. 3) 36/1 The line of general development followed the ‘Theatrum’ of the Lyon Terence, absorbing on the way the lessons learned in the temporary spectacle-theatres.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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