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Definition of Dortour
1. n. A dormitory.
Definition of Dortour
1. Noun. (historical) A bedroom or dormitory, especially in a monastery. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dortour
1. dorter [n -S] - See also: dorter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dortour
Literary usage of Dortour
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Promptorium parvulorum: The first English-Latin dictionary by Galfridus, Winchester Cathedral Chapter Library, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1908)
"See M. & S. ' Siepe as monke in his dortour«,' ... in our dortour,' CHAUCER CTD
1855. [Of- dortour, also dortoir ; Lat. dormi- fon'um. ..."
2. The Laird of Logan, Or, Anecdotes and Tales Illustrative of the Wit and by David Robertson, John Donald Carrick, William Motherwell, Andrew Henderson (1889)
"dortour, 71.—A repast; a refreshment; a slight meal ; a lunch serving ... A herd,
in the parish 0l Beith, complained " that other herds got a dortour like ..."
3. Collectanea Topographica Et Genealogica by Frederic Madden, Bulkeley Bandinel, John Gough Nichols (1834)
"... the keper of the grates, the keper of the revelación gate, the keper of the
cloyster and dortour dores. The fifty-third chapter is entitled, ..."
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