thermae
hot springs; hot baths.
a public bathing establishment of the ancient Greeks or Romans.
Origin of thermae
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How to use thermae in a sentence
It leaves on the right the great thermae of Constantine, of which the Austrians have cleared out the south-east part.
Ruins of the thermae of Caracalla and of Titus are still standing.
Rome | Mildred Anna Rosalie TukerOne (Maxentius) is entirely a vaulted structure and in form resembles the great halls of the Roman thermae.
Within the town are remains of thermae on the north of the Via Appia and of a theatre opposite, on the south.
In the great Roman thermae (baths) they were of large size, and like apses were covered with a hemispherical vault.
British Dictionary definitions for thermae
/ (ˈθɜːmiː) /
public baths or hot springs, esp in ancient Greece or Rome
Origin of thermae
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