\Dor"mi*to*ry\, n.; pl. {Dormitories}. [L.
dormitorium, fr. dormitorius of or for sleeping, fr. dormire
to sleep. See {Dormant}.]
1. A sleeping room, or a building containing a series of
   sleeping rooms; a sleeping apartment capable of containing
   many beds; esp., one connected with a college or boarding
   school. --Thackeray.
2. A burial place. [Obs.] --Ayliffe.
         My sister was interred in a very honorable manner in
         our dormitory, joining to the parish church.
                                               --Evelyn.