-orium, -oria, -ory

(Latin: a suffix; a place or instrument for performing the action of the main element; a place used for something)


amatory
ambagitory
ambulatory
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."
5. Serving patients who are able to walk: "They offered an ambulatory care center."
6. In law, not fixed; alterable or revocable: "He left an ambulatory will.
7. An aisle surrounding the end of the choir or chancel of a church.
8. The covered walk of a cloister.
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".

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.
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 for cremation; specifically, a structure for the incineration of corpses.
3. A mortuary where corpses are cremated.
Crematory entrance: smoking or no smoking.
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This mortuary is providing people with a choice of being cremated in either the "Smoking" or the "No Smoking" section of the crematory.

deambulatory
1. A covered place in which to walk; an ambulatory.
2. Going about from place to place; wandering.

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