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Definition of: scriptorium
(skrip·tôr′ē·əm, -tō′rē-) noun plural ·ri·ums or ·ri·a (-ē·ə)
The writing–room of a monastery, where records, annals, and manuscripts were written, copied, or illuminated. [<Med. L <L scriptus, pp. of scribere write]
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