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vomitory

noun
vom路​i路​to路​ry | \ 藞v盲-m蓹-藢t券r-膿 How to pronounce vomitory (audio) \
plural vomitories

Definition of vomitory

: an entrance piercing the banks of seats of a theater, amphitheater, or stadium

First Known Use of vomitory

1730, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for vomitory

Late Latin vomitorium, from Latin vomere; from its disgorging the spectators

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vomitory

adjective
vom路​i路​to路​ry | \ 藞v盲m-蓹-藢t艒r-膿, -藢t券r- How to pronounce vomitory (audio) \

Medical Definition of vomitory

: emetic

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