dormitory

dormitory [dawr-mi-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] ExamplesWord Origin See more synonyms for dormitory on Thesaurus.com noun, plural dor·mi·to·ries.

1. a building, as at a college, containing a number of private or semiprivate rooms for residents, usually along with common bathroom facilities and recreation areas.
2. a room containing a number of beds and serving as communal sleeping quarters, as in an institution, fraternity house, or passenger ship.

Origin of dormitory 1475–85; Latin dormītōrium bedroom, equivalent to dormī(re) to sleep + -tōrium -tory2 Related Words for dormitory bedroom, dorm Examples from the Web for dormitory Contemporary Examples of dormitory

The dormitory has since been converted into a small chapel, filled with polished wooden stools and a statue of Mary in the corner.

Did the Virgin Mary Warn Rwanda’s Holiest Town of the Genocide?

Nina Strochlic

April 20, 2014

The one band that blasted out of dormitory windows onto grassy quadrangles in the snooty Northeast, no matter what, was REM.

The Return of the Replacements: Here Comes a Regular

Elizabeth Wurtzel

September 13, 2013

Some have even been at the dormitory during the fall term looking for him.

Michael Nodianos of Steubenville ‘Rape’ Video Drops Out of OSU, Citing Threats

Winston Ross

January 7, 2013

She lived in a dormitory, joining some 80 other swimmers; their practice sessions ran an exhausting five-and-a-half hours a day.

China’s Olympic Soul-Searching: What the Games Have Taught the Country

Melinda Liu, Paul Mooney

August 12, 2012

First came a rash of suicides, with Foxconn workers jumping off dormitory roofs.

Apple Makes Smart Move by Vowing to Improve China Labor Conditions

Dan Lyons

March 30, 2012

Historical Examples of dormitory

I must own that the poor man was not welcomed by his dormitory companions.

My Double Life

Sarah Bernhardt

The smooth walls were such as he might have found in his own dormitory.

Runaway

William Morrison

She lived in a dormitory, with a parlor for the reception of guests.

In a Little Town

Rupert Hughes

The dormitory monitor was sitting up in bed ready for them, too.

Follow My leader

Talbot Baines Reed

Almost hopeful she followed Sister Ignatia to the dormitory.

Olive

Dinah Maria Craik, (AKA Dinah Maria Mulock)

British Dictionary definitions for dormitory dormitory noun plural -ries

1. a large room, esp at a school or institution, containing several beds
2. US a building, esp at a college or camp, providing living and sleeping accommodation
3. (modifier) British denoting or relating to an area from which most of the residents commute to work (esp in the phrase dormitory suburb)

Often (for senses 1, 2) shortened to: dorm Word Origin for dormitory C15: from Latin dormītōrium, from dormīre to sleep Word Origin and History for dormitory n.

mid-15c., from Latin dormitorium “sleeping place,” from dormire “to sleep” (see dormant). Old English had slæpern “dormitory,” with ending as in barn.