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calidarium

UK/ˌkælɪˈdɛəɹi.əm/US/ˌkælɪˈdɛɹi.əm/

calidarium noun: synonym of caldarium.

Noun

calidarium (plural calidariums or calidaria)

  1. Synonym of caldarium.
    • The thermæ conſiſted of a great variety of parts and conveniences; […] the calidaria, where the water was warmed for the baths; […]1765 March 10, T[obias] Smollett, “Letter XXXII”, in Travels through France and Italy. […], volume II, London: […] R[oberts] Baldwin, […], published 1766, →OCLC, pages 135–136
    • From this place the party again diverged, according to their several fancies, some to the sudatorium, which answered the purpose of our vapour-baths, and thence to the warm-bath itself; those more accustomed to exercise, and capable of dispensing with so cheap a purchase of fatigue, resorted at...1834, The Right Hon. Lord Lytton [i.e. Edward Bulwer-Lytton], The Last Days of Pompeii, London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., Ltd, page 59
    Synonyms:
    caldarium

Examples of calidarium in a sentence

  • Between the two calidariums serving the mens's^([sic]) and women's sections is the heating plant where the furnace and the three big cylindrical boilers (one for warm, one for hot and one for very1977, Alberto C[arlo] Carpiceci, translated by Michael Hollingworth, Pompeii Nowadays and 2000 Years Ago, Firenze: Bonechi Edizioni, page...
  • A container of fine oil had been left on a shelf near the calidarium, so the king and the tribune helped themselves to a liberal amount.2015, M. K. Hume, The Blood of Kings (Tintagel; 1), London: Headline Review, →ISBN, page 162:
  • She was locked up for three days in the calidarium, the area of the steam baths, so she would suffocate.2021 March 3, Marinella Bandini, “Virtually visit the Basilica of St. Cecilia in Trastevere, built over the martyr's home”, in Aleteia...

Synonyms of calidarium

Forms of calidarium

pluralcalidariums
pluralcalidaria

Origin of calidarium

Borrowed from Latin calidārium.

Words that rhyme with calidarium

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Questions about calidarium

What does calidarium mean?
Calidarium means synonym of caldarium.
How do you use calidarium in a sentence?
Between the two calidariums serving the mens's^([sic]) and women's sections is the heating plant where the furnace and the three big cylindrical boilers (one for warm, one for hot and one for very
What part of speech is calidarium?
Calidarium is a noun.
How do you pronounce calidarium?
Calidarium is pronounced /ˌkælɪˈdɛəɹi.əm/ (UK).
What is the plural of calidarium?
The plural of calidarium is calidariums.

Words near calidarium in the dictionary

  1. caliculi
  2. caliculus
  3. Calicut
  4. calid
  5. calidaria
  6. calidarium
  7. calidariums
  8. calidities
  9. calidity
  10. calidrid
  11. calidrids

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