Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A vivarium.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A vivarium.

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  • adjective obsolete vivarium

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Examples

  • And before the minster of this idol, is a vivary, in manner of a great lake, full of water.

    The Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • And when the minister of that church need to make any reparation of the church or of any of the idols, they take gold and silver, pearls and precious stones out of the vivary, to quit the costage of such thing as they make or repair; so that that nothing is faulty, but anon it shall be amended.

    The Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • a friend where there was such a vivary, to which I paid no small attention, taking every occasion to remark what passed within its narrow limits.

    The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 Gilbert White 1756

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