Vomitories

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vomitory \Vom"i*to*ry\, n.; pl. {Vomitories}.
     1. An emetic; a vomit. --Harvey.
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     2. [L. vomitorium.] (Arch.) A principal door of a large
        ancient building, as of an amphitheater.


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