Meaning

(rare) A dormitory..

Example Sentences

There is something very pleasing and charitable in the idea, that ‘all who call themselves Christians’ should have one common κοιμητήριον, their dormitorium or resting-place, where they should lie down together, at peace in death, though separated in their lifetime, and awaiting their common resurrection; […]

To Bill the proverbial statement, “behind locked doors,” is a reality, particularly when he is locked out, and his favorite ejaculation and demand in such a predicament is “Open this d⁠—⁠n door.” But when there resounded the voice of the fair occupant (?), Bill, like the ground-hog when he sees his shadow, withdrew to his dormitorium.

If I raid your dormitorium don’t try to remain aloof / I might snatch you up screamin’ through the window all naked / And do it to you up on the roof, don't mess with the zomby woof

“I would like the best quarters in your dormitorium,” Master Lund said in a peremptory manner as he was greeted by the noble host. […] The place was mean and miserable, but it had been the only hostelry with room for them in its communal dormitorium. […] Most of the resident warriors were now gone, and two large timber-built annex wings of the structure had been closed off, leaving open only the original stone strong house with its kitchen, common room, private dining hall, and austere dormitorium chambers. […] Unlike the aroused Cathran and Tarnian adepts in the dormitorium, he made no effort to approach the scene of the carnage.

Zurus exited his sleeping cell and found only rays of weak sunlight reaching down the passages of the dormitoria; and outside, a break in the clouds, and a silence in the air.

Petro was reminded, in fact, of a night several years ago in the insula dormitorium when Pom di Angeli had used a pair of scissors to shear the top of a sleeping Adrio’s head, where it hung over the edge of his bunk. […] It is my misfortune that the stairwell nearest my dormitorium and I did not see eye to eye as I rushed to my lecture last week. […] Sometimes in the winter, when the fires were roaring in the dormitoriums, the boys would sneak a covered pan from the kitchen and fill it with dried kernels of grano, heating them in oil over the embers until they popped. […] They were so loud and raucous that, for a few seconds, he imagined he was back in his own bed in the dormitorium, listening through the open windows to the sparrows squabbling over crusts of bread thrown from the buttery.

(While I really could resist nó longer; and Me off to my dormitorium)

The train was busy with Mothballers and overwinterers, trying to get to their relevant Dormitoria or work as status dictated. […] She told us about a Pantry Heist over at the Cary Grant Dormitorium. […] The door to the Ivor Novello Dormitorium opened and Logan stepped out, paused, then took a deep breath of the chill morning air.

Word Forms

• dormitoria
• dormitoriums

When Should You Use Dormitorium?

Use dormitorium when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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