Dictionary entry

Vomitory (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Vom″i‐to‐ry, n.; pl.Vomitories (�). 1. An emetic; a vomit. Harvey.

2. [L. vomitorium.] (Arch.) A principal door of a large ancient building, as of an amphitheater.

Sixty-four vomitories... poured forth the immense multitude. Gibbon.