Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DOR'MI-TO-RY
DOR'MI-TO-RY, n. [L. dormitorium, from dormio, to sleep.]
- A place, building, or room to sleep in.
- A gallery in convents divided into several cells, where the religious sleep. – Encyc.
- A burial place. – Ayliffe.
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