[skrip-tawr-ee-uh
m, -tohr-] 
[-tawr-ee-uh, -tohr-] . | a room, as in a monastery, library, or other institution, where manuscripts are stored, read, or copied. |
| scrip·to·ri·um (skrĭp-tôr'ē-əm, -tōr'-) n. pl. scrip·to·ri·ums or scrip·to·ri·a (-tôr'ē-ə, -tōr'-) A room in a monastery set aside for the copying, writing, or illuminating of manuscripts and records. [Medieval Latin scrīptōrium, from Latin scrīptus, past participle of scrībere, to write; see skrībh- in Indo-European roots.] |