Definitions
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- noun obsolete A dormitory.
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- noun historical A
bedroom ordormitory , especially in amonastery .
Etymologies
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Examples
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“For a score of marks to the dortour,” said the Outlaw, — “Be still, I say, Isaac! — or for a brace of silver candlesticks to the altar, we will not stand with you.”
Ivanhoe 2004
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Her answer was that the rape was committed in the dortour, where she durst not cry because it was a place of sempiternal silence.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Her answer was that the rape was committed in the dortour, where she durst not cry because it was a place of sempiternal silence.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Capitane, who litill prevaling, was send unto thame Johne Knox; bot befoir his cuming, thay war entered to the pulling down of the ydollis and dortour.
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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Then he brought him into the dortour, and asked him whereof he tempted the friars there, and he said: I make them sleep long and arise late, and thus I keep them from divine service, and in the meanwhile to have unclean thoughts.
The Golden Legend, vol. 4 1230-1298 1900
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Then he appeared to her sister that night, that slept in the dortour, saying: I have healed thy sister; which anon arose and ran thither and found her whole.
The Golden Legend, vol. 4 1230-1298 1900
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Yet, if the Israelite will advantage the Church by giving me somewhat over to the building of our dortour, *
Ivanhoe 1892
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` ` For a score of marks to the dortour, '' said the
Ivanhoe 1892
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Alexander Halliburton Capitain, who little prevailing was sent unto them John Knox; but before his coming they were entered to the pulling down of the idols and dortour (dormitory).
Royal Edinburgh Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets George Reid 1862
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Denys then related, bursting with glee, how at bedtime he had been taken to a cell instead of the great dortour, and strictly forbidden to sleep; and to aid his vigil, a book had been lent him of pictures representing
The Cloister and the Hearth Charles Reade 1849
qms commented on the word dortour
Friar Fred was a snorer and snorter
And brotherly tempers grew shorter.
The last straw was farting;
This led to the parting
As Fred was expelled from the dortour.
April 30, 2018