/ skrɪpˈtɔːriəm; NAmE / noun
( pl. scrip·tor·iums or scrip·toria / -ˈtɔːriə; NAmE /) ( old use ) a room for writing in, especially in a monastery
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WORD ORIGIN
late 18th cent.: from medieval Latin , from Latin script- written, from the verb scribere .