'Scriptorium' definitions:
Definition of 'scriptorium'
(from WordNet)
noun
A room in a monastery that is set aside for writing or copying manuscripts
Definition of 'Scriptorium'
From: GCIDE
- Scriptorium \Scrip*to"ri*um\, n.; pl. Scriptoria. [LL. See Scriptory.] In an abbey or monastery, the room set apart for writing or copying manuscripts; in general, a room devoted to writing. [1913 Webster]
- Writing rooms, or scriptoria, where the chief works of Latin literature . . . were copied and illuminated. --J. R. Green. [1913 Webster]