AUD'ITORY, adjective That has the power of hearing; pertaining to the sense or organs of hearing; as, the auditory nerve. AUD'ITORY, noun [Latin auditorium.] 1. An audience; an assembly of hearers, as in a church or lecture room. 2. A place or apartment where discourses are delivered. In ancient churches, the nave, where the hearers stood to be instructed. 3. A bench on which a judge sits to hear causes.
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