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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 13 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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MENIAL

MENIAL See also:
DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)
DEPARTMENT . Z. Factory. a. Threshing-See also:

FLOOR (from O. Eng. flor, a word common to many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch vloer, and Ger. Flur, a field, in the feminine, and a floor, masculine)

floor. b. Workshops. c, c. See also:

Mills. d. See also:

KILN (0. E. cylene, from the Lat. culina, a kitchen, cooking-stove)

Kiln. e.

Stables. f. Cow-sheds. g. See also:

GOAT (a common Teut. word; O. Eng. gat, Goth. gaits, Mod. Ger. Geiss, cognate with Lat. haedus, a kid)

Goat-sheds. h. See also:

Pig-sties. i. See also:

Sheep-folds. k, k, k. Servants' and workmen's sleeping-See also:

chambers. 1. Gardener's See also:

m, m. See also:

HEN

Hen and See also:

DUCK

duck house. n. Poultry-keeper's house, o. See also:

GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

Garden. hers. .p. See also:

CEMETERY (Gr. Korrsnri7pwv, from Hoiµav, to sleep)

Cemetery. [See also:

BREAD

bread. Infirmary—i–6 as above in q. Bakehouse for sacramental the house of novices. r. Unnamed in See also:

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DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

Doctor's house. s, s, s. Kitchens. Physic garden. t, t, E. See also:

BATHS

Baths. See also:

church has on its See also:

east See also:

side the " pisalis " or " calefactory " (H), the See also:

COMMON

common sitting-See also:

ROOM

room oft the brethren, warmed by flues beneath the floor. On this side in later monasteries we invariably find the See also:

CHAPTER (a shortened form of chapiter, a word still used in architecture for a capital; derived from O. Fr. chapitre, Lat. capitellum, diminutive of caput, head)

chapter house, the See also:

ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence of which in this plan is somewhat surprising. It appears, however, from the See also:

INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions oit the plan itself, that the See also:

north walk of the cloisters served for the purposes of a chapter-house, and was fitted up with benches on fhe See also:

long sides. Above the calefactory is the " See also:

DORMITORY (Lat. dormitorium, a sleeping place)

dormitory opening into the See also:

south See also:

TRANSEPT (from Lat. trans, across, and septum, enclosure; synonymous terms in other languages are Fr. croisee, nef transversee; Ital. crociata; Ger. Querbau, Quersch&)

transept of the church, to enable the monks to attend the nocturnal services with 7 T C. See also:

CORRIDOR (Fr. corridor, from Ital. corridore, Med. Lat. corridorium, a " running-place," from currere, to run)

Corridor, with cells on each side. D. See also:

STAIRCASE

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