Dor"mi*to*ry (?), n.; pl. Dormitories (#). [L. dormitorium, fr. dormitorius of or for sleeping, fr. dormire to sleep. See Dormant.]

1.

A sleeping room, or a building containing a series of sleeping rooms; a sleeping apartment capable of containing many beds; esp., one connected with a college or boarding school.

Thackeray.

2.

A burial place.

[Obs.]

Ayliffe.

My sister was interred in a very honorable manner in our dormitory, joining to the parish church. Evelyn.

 

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