atrium

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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun any chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways (especially one of the two upper chambers of the heart)
noun the central area in a building; open to the sky

From Latin ātrium (“entry hall”), from Etruscan.

Petronius was waiting for him in the atrium. — Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero, Henryk Sienkiewicz
Plants, trees over 100 feet tall and waterfalls graced the atria and the overhanging skylobbies. — Terminal Compromise, Winn Schwartau
Quod non dant proceres, dabit histrio, tu Camerinos, Et Bareas, tu nobilium magna atria curas. — The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete, Suetonius

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