"Dormitory, n. and adj., originally a sleeping chamber, especially a room containing many beds where monks, teachers and students sleep (1485), in American usage a residence hall at a university or college (1865). From the Latin dormitorium." @wordorigins.orgArchived 2014-12-30 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved 26 September 2014
"Dormitory, n. and adj., originally a sleeping chamber, especially a room containing many beds where monks, teachers and students sleep (1485), in American usage a residence hall at a university or college (1865). From the Latin dormitorium." @wordorigins.orgArchived 2014-12-30 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved 26 September 2014
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