Dōr'mi-to-ry, n.

noun

(50), n. [Lat. dormitorium, from dormitorius, of, or for, sleeping, from dormire, to sleep; Pr. dormitōri, Sp., Pg., & It. dormitōrio, Fr. dortoir.]

  1. A room, suite of rooms, or building, used to sleep in; a bed-room; sleeping-quarters, or sleeping-house; a lodging-house. Mortimer.
  2. A place where the bodies of the dead repose; a burial-place. [Obs.]

My sister was interred . . . in our dormitory, joining to the parish church. Evelyn.