tablinum

noun

Etymology

From Latin tablīnum.

  1. borrowed from tablīnum

Definitions

  1. An anteroom in a house of ancient Rome, opening out of the atrium opposite the main entry…

    An anteroom in a house of ancient Rome, opening out of the atrium opposite the main entry and often containing the family statues and archives.

    • To my surprise I was shown not into the bedchamber but into the tablinum, where my imperial lover was half hidden by a mountain of paperwork.

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