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Definition of Caldarium
1. Noun. In Roman baths, the hottest room, with a plunge-pool. It preceded the tepidarium and frigidarium. ¹
2. Noun. In modern spas, a room with a hot floor. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Caldarium
1. a room for taking hot baths [n -RIA]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caldarium
Literary usage of Caldarium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1835)
"The ti-rms frigida- rium, tepidarium, and caldarium were applied to the ...
A doorway led from the tepidarium into the caldarium, or vapour-bath (3'J) ..."
2. An Illustrated Dictionary of Words Used in Art and Archaeology by John William Mollett (1883)
"The caldarium. the Thermos built by Titus, Caracalla, and Domitian remain
visible (tig. 56). ... caldarium."
3. Corinth: The Centenary, 1896-1996 by Charles K. Williams, Nancy Bookidis (2003)
"No structural evidence suggests that the caldarium and tepidarium were built at
a time different from that of the frigidarium ..."
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