From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dormitory \Dor"mi*to*ry\, noun; 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a college or university building containing living quarters for students [syn: {dorm}, {residence hall}, {hall}, {student residence}]
2: a large sleeping room containing several beds [syn: {dormitory room}, {dorm room}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
29 Moby Thesaurus words for "dormitory": bedchamber, bedroom, boardinghouse, boudoir, chamber, cubicle, cubiculum, dorm, doss house, fleabag, flophouse, guest house, hospice, hostel, hostelry, hotel, inn, lodging house, nursery, ordinary, pension, posada, pub, public, public house, roadhouse, rooming house, sleeping room, tavern
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