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Definition of Dorter
1. a dormitory [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dorter
Literary usage of Dorter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"... and above all, at the top, is the dormitory (le dorter), where the canons were
locked up at night, like so many unruly children. Here each inmate had, ..."
2. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1903)
"THE dorter. Upon the first floor over all the buildings on the east side the
cloister was the dorter or sleeping place of the ..."
3. The Cathedral Church of Gloucester: A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief by Henri Jean Louis Joseph Massé (1898)
""The dorter (says Mr Hope) and its basement are now destroyed, and their plan and
... The dorter then may be assumed to have occupied the space between the ..."
4. Architectural Description of Kirkstall Abbey by William Henry St. John Hope, John Bilson (1907)
"THE RERE-dorter. At the south end of the dorter a portion of wall is standing
with a doorway in the middle, which led into the ..."
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