-orium, -oria, -ory
(Latin: a suffix; a place or instrument for performing the action of the main element; a place used for something)
amatory
1. Relating to, or expressive of love.
2. Involving, expressing, or typical of physical love.
2. Involving, expressing, or typical of physical love.
ambagitory
ambulatory (adjective)
1. Pertaining to, or capable of walking: "It was an ambulatory exploration of the city."
2. Adapted for walking, as the limbs of many animals.
3. Moving around or from place to place; not stationary.
4. Not confined to bed; able or strong enough to walk: "He was an ambulatory patient who could go home instead of having to stay in a hospital bed."
6. In law, not fixed; alterable or revocable: "He left an ambulatory will."
2. Adapted for walking, as the limbs of many animals.
3. Moving around or from place to place; not stationary.
4. Not confined to bed; able or strong enough to walk: "He was an ambulatory patient who could go home instead of having to stay in a hospital bed."
"An ambulatory health service is for people who are not required to be hospitalized because they are not physically handicapped and so they are able to walk in a normal way."
5. Serving patients who are able to walk: "The health clinic offered an ambulatory care center."6. In law, not fixed; alterable or revocable: "He left an ambulatory will."
armory
auditorium (s), auditoria (pl)
1. The part of a theater designed to accommodate an audience.
2. A large room to accommodate an audience in a building; such as, a school or theater.
3. A large building for public meetings or performances.
4. Etymology: from Latin auditorium, "lecture room"; literally, "a place where something is heard"; neuter of auditorius, "of" or "for hearing"; from auditor, "a listener"; from audire, "to hear".
2. A large room to accommodate an audience in a building; such as, a school or theater.
3. A large building for public meetings or performances.
4. Etymology: from Latin auditorium, "lecture room"; literally, "a place where something is heard"; neuter of auditorius, "of" or "for hearing"; from auditor, "a listener"; from audire, "to hear".
The auditorium can also describe an entire theater, and has been in use as a word since the 18th century, although there were other words with the same meaning before that.
balneatory
Belonging to a bath.
benedictory
1. Expressing, or giving, a benediction.
2. Referring to, or in the form of, a benediction.
2. Referring to, or in the form of, a benediction.
calefactory
ciborium
circumambulatory
The capability of walking around or of travelling around: "He was planning on a circumambulatory trip around the country."
conservatorium
conservatory
crematorium (s), crematoria (pl)
A building and/or furnace where dead bodies are incinerated.
crematory
1. A building that has a furnace for burning dead bodies; such as, a crematorium.
2. A place or establishment used for cremation; specifically, a mortuary for the incineration or cremation of corpses.
2. A place or establishment used for cremation; specifically, a mortuary for the incineration or cremation of corpses.
This mortuary is providing people with a choice of having their family members cremated in either the "Smoking" or the "No Smoking" section of the crematory; as if that would make any difference.
1. Covered places in which people can walk: "Fortunately, the visitors to the cloister, or monastery, were able to walk around under the numerous deambulatories during the rain."
2. Walking around from place to place; wandering.
2. Walking around from place to place; wandering.
