torium

[In Fr. auditoire; Port. audi toria the tribunal of an auditor; audi to rio = people a embled for hearing; Sp. & Ital. audi to rio a court, a se ions house; Sw., Dan., & Ger. auditorium, from Lat, auditorium (1) a lecture-room, a hall of justice; (2) a school; (3) (by metonymy) an audience, persons a embled for hearing.] [AUDITORY, adj .] A. Of the form auditorium: Arch. In ancient churches: The nave; that part of the church in which the audience sat. B. Of the forms auditory and * auditorie: I. Of places or things: 1. A hall, an apartment, or a portion of a hall or apartment in which an audience sits. 2. A bench on which a judge sits in a lawcourt. II. Of persons: An audience; people a embled to hear. "Several of this auditory were, perhaps, entire strangers to the person whose death we now lament."Atterbury.