thermaen.
/ˈθəːmiː/, U.S. /ˈθərmi/, /ˈθərˌmaɪ/ Classical History.
With plural agreement. One of the public bathing establishments of the ancient Romans and Greeks; also, hot springs (perhaps obsolete).
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > bathing > place for bathing > bath-house > hot baths or springs
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1600 P. Holland tr. J. B. Marlianus Svmmary Topogr. Rome iv. xxv, in tr. Livy Rom. Hist. 1382 Those places where they built these baines and hote houses, they call Thermæ.
1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 144 Thermæ, Natural Baths, or Hot-Springs.
1832 W. Gell Pompeiana I. iv. 47 The baths or thermae.
1908 Westm. Gaz. 31 Dec. 4/1 Unlike the thermæ of the élégants of Pompeii..the R.A.C. baths will have ample window space.
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