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.