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noun
Synonym of reredorter: a monastery's latrine, outhouse, or lavatory, typically located behind the dormitory.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
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Synonyms: reredorter
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noun
A lavatory.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: capitalized, humorous, sometimes
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noun
Alternative form of necessarium.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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History
From Latin necessarium (“reredorter; outhouse”), from necesse (“unavoidable or necessary [thing]”) + -ārium (“-arium, -ium: forming locations”).
