abditory
English edit
Etymology edit
From Medieval Latin abditorium, from abdō (“to hide”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
abditory (plural abditories)
Translations edit
place for hiding or preserving
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References edit
- ^ “abditory”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abditory”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.