Tablinum

Quick meaning: Tablinum is a noun meaning (historical) An anteroom in a house of ancient Rome, opening out of the atrium opposite the main entry and often containing the family statues and archives.

Meaning

(historical) An anteroom in a house of ancient Rome, opening out of the atrium opposite the main entry and often containing the family statues and archives.

Example Sentences

To my surprise I was shown not into the bedchamber but into the tablinum, where my imperial lover was half hidden by a mountain of paperwork.

(b) There was also a Pluteus (which we call Tablinum) a Place or Study, where the Pictures of their Ancestors, and their glorious Atchievements, were drawn or pourtray'd: On the other Side was the Kitchin, from whence they came into a Porch built about the Hall, or Cavedium, which, because `twas four-square, it was therefore surrounded with four Porticos, which may properly be called Walks or Piazzas.

Word Forms

• tablina

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