armarium

[ ahr-mair-ee-uhm ]

noun,plural ar·mar·i·a [ahr-mair-ee-uh]. /ɑrˈmɛər i ə/.

Origin of armarium

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From Latin: “cupboard, safe,” equivalent to arm(a) “weapons, tools” + -ārium -arium

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How to use armarium in a sentence

  • The monastic librarian, as we should call him, was known as the armarius, since he had charge of the armaria or book-presses.

    The Story of Books | Gertrude Burford Rawlings
  • Here it is evidently a recess in the wall closed by a door—like one of the later armaria.

    The Care of Books | John Willis Clark
  • Besides these cases there were other receptacles for books called cupboards (armaria) and also some chests.

    The Care of Books | John Willis Clark
  • These were kept in wooden presses (armaria) which stood against the walls like a modern bookcase.

  • Cassiodorus had the books of his monastery stored in presses, or armaria.

    Old English Libraries | Ernest Savage