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Definition of: triclinium
(trī·klin′ē·əm) noun plural ·i·a (-ē·ə)
1. In Roman antiquity, a dining table of four sides, three sides of which were provided with low couches upon which guests could recline.
2. The Roman dining–room. [<L <Gk. triklinion, dim. of triklinos a dining–room with three couches <tri- three + klinē a couch]
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