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tablinum

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tab⋅li⋅num

[ta-blahy-nuhm]
–noun, plural -na [-nuh] .
(in an ancient Roman house) a large, open room at the side of the peristyle farthest from the main entrance.

Origin:
1820–30; < L tab(u)līnum, equiv. to tabula (see table ) + -īnum, neut. of -īnus -ine 1
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