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单词 scriptorium
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Definition of scriptorium in English:

scriptorium

nounPlural scriptoriums, Plural scriptoriaskrɪpˈtɔːrɪəmˌskrɪpˈtɔriəm
historical
  • A room set apart for writing, especially one in a monastery where manuscripts were copied.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • By the 9th century, most monasteries had writing rooms or scriptoria.
    • After all, it was assumed that all monks could read and write. Monasteries also contained libraries and scriptoria, or writing rooms, in which manuscripts were copied.
    • We may have come a long way from monks writing in scriptoria.
    • A limited form of mass production was able to be achieved in large scriptoria contained in monasteries.
    • The saga literature of Ireland which has survived from earliest times owes its preservation to the monastic scriptoria.

Origin

Late 18th century: from medieval Latin, from Latin script- 'written', from the verb scribere.

Rhymes

auditorium, ciborium, conservatorium, crematorium, emporium, moratorium, sanatorium, sudatorium, vomitorium
 
 

Definition of scriptorium in US English:

scriptorium

nounˌskripˈtôrēəmˌskrɪpˈtɔriəm
historical
  • A room set apart for writing, especially one in a monastery where manuscripts were copied.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • By the 9th century, most monasteries had writing rooms or scriptoria.
    • The saga literature of Ireland which has survived from earliest times owes its preservation to the monastic scriptoria.
    • A limited form of mass production was able to be achieved in large scriptoria contained in monasteries.
    • After all, it was assumed that all monks could read and write. Monasteries also contained libraries and scriptoria, or writing rooms, in which manuscripts were copied.
    • We may have come a long way from monks writing in scriptoria.

Origin

Late 18th century: from medieval Latin, from Latin script- ‘written’, from the verb scribere.

 
 
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