Associations to the word «Scriptorium»

Wiktionary

SCRIPTORIUM, noun. (countable) A room set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts and records, especially such a room in a monastery.

Dictionary definition

SCRIPTORIUM, noun. A room in a monastery that is set aside for writing or copying manuscripts.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats